2023-24 budget consultation begins

Published: 23 December 2022

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Residents are invited to have their say in the council's 2023-2024 budget consultation.

Residents can have their say on Folkestone & Hythe District Council's draft budget proposal for spending in 2023/24.

The council will consider the proposed £19m spend on services for the new financial year at the full council meeting on 22 February 2023. The services include maintaining parks and gardens, providing social housing, keeping streets clean, emptying bins and dealing with planning applications.

The budget proposals and details of the overall funding position are outlined in the documents on the consultation section of the council's website. These have already been reported to the council's Cabinet.

The original proposals had been worked out on a proposed 1.99% increase in F&HDC's share of the council tax, however the Government has recently advised councils as part of the Provisional Local Government Settlement that council tax for District Councils can be raised to 2.99% without need for a referendum.