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Review of Fees and Charges 2019/20

Meeting: 14/02/2019 - Cabinet (Item 17)

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Item FIP 19/3 referred from Finance, Innovation and Property Advisory Board minutes of 9 January 2019

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Decision:

(Item FIP 19/3 referred from Finance, Innovation and Property Advisory Board minutes of 9 January 2019)

 

Consideration of recommendations to the Cabinet from the Finance, Innovation and Property Advisory Board of 9 January 2019.

 

The Cabinet resolved that:

 

The recommendations of the Finance, Innovation and Property Advisory Board be approved as follows:

 

(1)         in respect of the recovery of legal fees payable by third parties, the Council’s fees continue to follow the Supreme Court guideline hourly rates as set out at paragraph 1.2.1 of the report;

 

(2)         the proposed scale of fees for local land charges searches and enquiries set out at Annex 1 to the report be adopted with effect from 1 April 2019;

 

(3)         the current photocopying charges of 10p (inclusive of VAT) for each page of the same document or additional copies of the same page plus postage as appropriate be retained;

 

(4)         the fee schedule for street naming and numbering set out in section 1.6 of the report be adopted with effect from 1 April 2019; and

 

(5)         the amount of council tax and business rate Court costs recharged remain as set out at paragraph 1.7.2 of the report for the 2019/20 financial year.

Minutes:

Decision Notice D190010CAB


Meeting: 09/01/2019 - Finance, Innovation and Property Advisory Board (Item 3)

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The report brings forward for consideration as part of the budget setting process for 2019/20 proposals in respect of those fees and charges that are the responsibility of the Cabinet Member for Finance, Innovation and Property or not reported elsewhere.

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Minutes:

The report of the Management Team brought forward for consideration as part of the Budget setting process for 2019/20 proposals in respect of those fees and charges that were the responsibility of the Cabinet Member for Finance, Innovation and Property or not reported elsewhere.

 

RECOMMENDED:  That

 

(1)         in respect of the recovery of legal fees payable by third parties, the Council’s fees continue to follow the Supreme Court guideline hourly rates as set out at paragraph 1.2.1 of the report;

 

(2)         the proposed scale of fees for local land charges searches and enquiries set out at Annex 1 to the report be adopted with effect from 1 April 2019;

 

(3)         the current photocopying charges of 10p (inclusive of VAT) for each page of the same document or additional copies of the same page plus postage as appropriate be retained;

 

(4)         the fee schedule for street naming and numbering set out in section 1.6 of the report be adopted with effect from 1 April 2019; and

 

(5)         the amount of council tax and business rate Court costs recharged remain as set out at paragraph 1.7.2 of the report for the 2019/20 financial year.

*Referred to Cabinet