Purpose

To apply an in-year increase to
the Fees & Charges contained within the appended Schedule. This
is a continuation of the previous decision submitted in December
2022 and is Tranche 2 of Fees & Charges
 
The Quarter 2 Corporate Financial
Monitoring Report approved by Cabinet on 16 November 2022 sets out
the Council’s financial position in light
of the current challenging economic climate, and highlights
management actions to be progressed, which include a review of all
services’ Fees and Charges, in response to that. The
prevailing rate of CPI at the time this review was completed in
December 2022, was 11.1%
 
All Services across the council
are therefore undertaking an immediate review of their existing
Fees & Charges, to establish:

·        
those fees and charges which can be increased
in-year, due to exceptional inflationary pressures, by
11.1%

·        
products or services provided by the council which
are non-statutory, and should, if not already, apply increases
above 11.1% to move towards becoming fully cost
recoverable

·        
products or services provided by the council which
are non-statutory and already fully cost-recoverable, but where
market forces are in operation, and where price benchmarking
indicates there is headroom for price increases above
11.1%
 
Appended to this Decision Notice
is a Schedule of Fees and Charges with the Environment and Climate
Change and Growth & Regeneration Directorate where one or more
of the above criteria apply. In addition, the Schedule also
includes some in-year Fees & Charges which are less than 11.1%
where other market factors may apply.
 
The officer decision to implement
the increases set out in the attached Schedule is made on this date
in accordance with Section 11.1 of the Financial Procedure Rules
Scheme of Delegation, so as to
facilitate in-year increases, wherever possible with effect from 1
April, at the earliest.
 
However for some services, the
actual implementation date may be later than 1 April, subject to IT
update constraints or other administrative actions which are needed
to effect a price change, or where engagement with customers/users
is required prior to the increase

Content

To apply an in-year increase to
the Fees & Charges for those services provided by the
Environment & Climate Change Directorate contained within the
appended Schedule.