Parish Councils

[andybaha]

I'm a parish councillor and the question that springs to mind is , where on earth do Falmer Parish Council get the money to pay for endless appeals against the stadium? In my village we receive a precept of £3,600 per annum, which comes from the council tax. Out of this we have to pay for grass cutting, maintaining a play area, dog bins, road markings etc. It's not rocket science to realise we wouldn't have much left over to pay for a legal challenge. If their case is being funded by a few individuals why don't they come out and admit it and stop hiding behind the Falmer Parish Council banner.

 

[Bry Nylon]

I'm a parish councillor and the question that springs to mind is , where on earth do Falmer Parish Council get the money to pay for endless appeals against the stadium? In my village we receive a precept of £3,600 per annum, which comes from the council tax. Out of this we have to pay for grass cutting...

In that case, is it worth contacting Falmer Parish Council and requesting that they set aside a little of their precept to pay for the new Community Stadium pitch to be mown every second Saturday between August and May?

 

[seagurn]

In that case, is it worth contacting Falmer Parish Council and requesting that they set aside a little of their precept to pay for the new Community Stadium pitch to be mown every second Saturday between August and May?

Also keep the entrance nice at village way........... flowers shrubs etc ?LOL they probrually wouldnt be able to do that in ten years.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Falmer stadium tax shock

From the Argus archive, first published Wednesday 12th Mar 2003.

Every Falmer resident will have to pay hundreds of pounds more in tax to fund a campaign against a stadium in their village - even though some want it.

The parish council has trebled its council tax bill to help fund its legal fight against Brighton and Hove Albion's bid to move from Withdean during a public inquiry into the scheme.

From April, the average resident in a Band D house will have to pay £257.17 to cover the parish precept, increased to cover legal costs in the fight against the stadium application.

Last year, the precept for Band D was set at £80.14.



The parish precept is on top of the Council Tax paid by Falmer residents to East Sussex County Council, Lewes District Council, the East Sussex Fire Authority and the Sussex Police Authority.

And they've kept levying a very high parish precept ever since.