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Council Tax information 2021/22

We work together with Surrey County Council, Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner and towns and parishes to provide local services and amenities in Waverley.

Although we collect all your Council Tax, we only keep 9%, with the rest being split to cover all the services delivered by each authority.

Breakdown of Council Tax

  • Surrey County Council: 74%
  • Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey: 14%
  • Waverley Borough Council: 9%
  • Town and parish councils: 3%

Council Tax leaflets

Download the Council Tax leaflets:

Waverley Borough Council Council Tax leaflet 2021/22 (PDF)

Surrey County Council Council Tax leaflet 2021/22 (PDF)

Police Council Tax leaflet 2021/22 (PDF)

How much is your Council Tax?

Council Tax charges 2021/22

Click on the headings below for a further breakdown of Council Tax information.

On your Council Tax bill:

  • Surrey County Council's Basic charge shows a 2% increase
  • Surrey County Council's Adult Social Care charge shows a 0.5% increase

These percentages are calculated on Surrey County Council's total charge for 2020/21.

This will equate to an approximate increase of 2.5% on your total bill for Surrey County Council.

There is a legal requirement for us to show the percentage increase in this way.

More information

Surrey County Council's Council tax page

Town and parish councils with a budget over £140,000 have to publish details about their spending plans. A precept is the amount of money towns/ parishes say they need to raise from Council Tax to fund their activities.

Click on a town or parish below to see a breakdown of their precepts:

Cranleigh Parish Council precepts

Cranleigh Parish Council's estimated precept for 2021/22 is £412,040 (Net). Below is a full breakdown of the figures:

  Estimated spend 2020/21 - Gross (£) Estimated spend 2020/21 - Net (£) Estimated spend 2021/22 - Gross (£) Estimated spend 2021/22 - Net (£)
Office and general services 109,682 108,682 105,314 105,214
Recreation 188,876 162,426 191,487 160,537
Village Hall 48,780 24,135 36,547 30,547
Cemetery 63,575 37,575 81,567 55,567
Other 30,049 30,049 27,951 27,951
Use of /contribution to balances 45,000 42,619 41,934 40,344
Compensatory grant 0 -12,180 0 -8,120
Precept 485,962 393,306 484,800 412,040

Farnham Town Council precepts

Farnham Town Council's estimated precept for 2021/22 is £1,169,830 (Net). Below is a full breakdown of the figures:

  Estimated spend 2020/21 - Gross (£) Estimated spend 2020/21 - Net (£) Estimated spend 2021/22 - Gross (£) Estimated spend 2021/22 - Net(£)
Professional services and administration 94,000 94,000 111,350 111,350
Governance and democratic services 163,200 163,200 154,250 154,250
Office and customer services 103,950 103,950 85,150 85,150
Grant funding 72,000 72,000 72,000 72,000
Planning and elections 61,700 61,700 49,200 49,200
Community development/ community safety 118,000 112,500 119,000 112,750
Grounds services, open spaces and gardens 166,250 165,250 166,200 165,700
Farnham In Bloom 110,400 87,400 118,300 106,300
Allotments 18,450 1,250 19,700 900
Public Conveniences 84,200 84,200 82,500 82,500
Town centre including Christmas lights and rural development 65,500 58,000 103,500 98,000
Tourism, events and farmers' market 201,850 110,350 187,500 124,250
Cemeteries 130,600 47,600 131,200 47,200
Public works loan repayment and interest 10,227 -6,273 0 -8,500
Subtotal  1,400,327 1,155,127 1,399,850 1,201,050
Less Government local parish Council Tax support funding   -9,100   -6,070
Less Funding from Council Reserves       -25,150
Precept 1,400,327 1,146,027 1,399,850 1,169,830

Godalming Town Council precepts

Godalming Town Council's estimated precept for 2021/22 is £769,225 (Net). Below is a full breakdown of the figures:

  Estimated spend 2020/21 - Gross (£) Estimated spend 2020/21 - Net (£) Estimated spend 2021/22 - Gross (£) Estimated spend 2021/22 - Net (£)
Administration 546,149 498,449 555,139 504,230
Civic expenses 23,550 23,550 23,760 23,760
Community buildings 86,604 -28,259 86,784 21,274
Other land and property (including allotments) 41,528 39,528 41,670 39,270
Festivals and markets 19,116 4,636 14,397 2,477
Christmas lights 35,500 32,300 35,500 35,500
Neighbourhood Plan 0 0 0 0
Museum 104,153 63,244 86,042 65,008
Debt charges 77,706 77,706 77,706 77,706
Precept 934,306 711,154 920,998 769,225

Haslemere Town Council precepts

Haslemere Town Council's estimated precept for 2021/22 is £366,932 (Net). Below is a full breakdown of the figures:

  Estimated spend 2020/21 - Gross (£) Estimated spend 2020/21 - Net (£) Estimated spend 2021/22 - Net (£) Estimated spend 2021/22 - Net (£)
Administration 146,015 137,465 170,362 165,292
Premises 12,310 12,060 13,370 13,120
External maintenance 40,000 38,000 47,800 45,800
Discretionary expenditure 85,185 78,560 79,445 71,720
Grants, special projects, use of balances 83,445 83,445 101,000 71,000
Precept 366,955 349,530 411,977 366,932

Witley Parish Council precepts

Witley Parish Council's estimated precept for 2021/22 is £219,771 (Net). Below is a full breakdown of the figures:

  Estimated spend 2020/2021 - Gross (£) Estimated spend 2020/2021 - Net (£) Estimated spend 2021/2022 - Gross (£) Estimated spend 2021/2022 - Net (£)
Office and general services 115,962 114,762 131,408 131,308
Recreation, land and property management 100,077 88,486 105,869 95,154
Neighbourhood Plan and other special projects 24,554 24,554 19,450 19,450
Cemetery and closed churchyard 10,019 -1,981 8,350 -3,650
Grants and donations 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000
Compensatory and other grant 0 -10,050 0 -6,710
Use of reserves/balances 0 0 0 -19,781
Precept 254,612 219,771 269,077 219,771

The Environment Agency's flood defence work is funded in part by a levy on local councils. Surrey is covered by the agency's Southern and Thames Regional Flood and Coastal Committees.

The Environment Agency spend money on the construction of new flood defence schemes, the maintenance of the river system and existing flood defences, together with the operation of a flood warning system and management of the risk of coastal erosion.

Thames Region

2018/19 spend and levies

  • Gross expenditure:  £86,424,000
  • Levies raised:  £11,351,000

2019/20 spend and levies

  • Gross expenditure: £112,919,000
  • Levies raised: £11,577,000

Southern Region

2018/19 spend and levies

  • Gross expenditure:  £56,160,000
  • Levies raised: £1,349,000

2019/20 spend and levies

  • Gross expenditure: £69,589,000
  • Levies raised: £1,417,000

A change in the gross budgeted expenditure between years reflects the programme of works for both capital and revenue needed by the Regional Flood and Coastal Committees.  The total Local Levy raised by the Thames committee has increased by 1.99% and for the Southern Committee by 5.0%.

More information

Find out more about the Environment Agency on gov.uk

You can also call the Environment Agency's:

  • Customer service Line: 03708 506 506
  • Incident Hotline: 0800 80 70 60
  • Floodline: 0345 988 1188

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