Parish council charges 2024-25
All areas within Dover have parish or town councils and they also ask Dover District Council to collect their “precepts”. These precepts are calculated by the parish or town councils and then divided up as shown below.
Parish charge 2024 2025
| Area | Tax Base 2024/25
No. | Precept
2024/25
£ | Band D 2024/25
£ | Band D 2023/24
£ | Difference
£ | Difference
% |
|---|
| Alkham |
305.08 |
16,755.00 |
54.92 |
49.92 |
5.00 |
10.02% |
| Ash |
1,296.38 |
97,320.73 |
75.07 |
72.99 |
2.08 |
2.85% |
| Aylesham |
1,690.93 |
219,093.30 |
129.57 |
121.09 |
8.48 |
7.00% |
| Capel-le-Ferne |
668.76 |
47,993.00 |
71.76 |
71.69 |
0.07 |
0.10% |
| Deal |
7,083.24 |
501,918.39 |
70.86 |
69.13 |
1.73 |
2.50% |
| Denton-with-Wootton |
184.47 |
14,109.00 |
76.48 |
78.28 |
-1.80 |
-2.30% |
| Dover |
8,516.39 |
939,000.00 |
110.26 |
107.13 |
3.13 |
2.92% |
| Eastry |
852.52 |
63,393.39 |
74.36 |
72.91 |
1.45 |
1.99% |
| Eythorne |
812.87 |
45,665.00 |
56.18 |
57.09 |
-0.91 |
-1.59% |
| Goodnestone |
175.30 |
7,951.61 |
45.36 |
42.20 |
3.16 |
7.49% |
| Great Mongeham |
327.85 |
11,382.95 |
34.72 |
34.72 |
0.00 |
0.00% |
| Guston |
443.98 |
43,773.00 |
98.59 |
98.06 |
0.53 |
0.54% |
| Hougham–without |
177.96 |
13,710.00 |
77.04 |
71.01 |
6.03 |
8.49% |
| Langdon |
239.85 |
17,000.00 |
70.88 |
66.15 |
4.73 |
7.15% |
| Lydden |
299.62 |
20,570.00 |
68.65 |
62.69 |
5.96 |
9.51% |
| Nonington |
297.73 |
16,000.00 |
53.74 |
31.65 |
22.09 |
69.79% |
| Northbourne |
278.78 |
20,000.00 |
71.74 |
42.48 |
29.26 |
68.88% |
| Preston |
400.29 |
25,370.00 |
63.38 |
54.34 |
9.04 |
16.64% |
| Ringwould-with-Kingsdown |
1,089.59 |
60,136.04 |
55.19 |
49.18 |
6.01 |
12.22% |
| Ripple |
155.04 |
5,426.40 |
35.00 |
34.50 |
0.50 |
1.45% |
| River |
1,493.49 |
65,459.00 |
43.83 |
43.83 |
0.00 |
0.00% |
| St Margarets–at–Cliffe |
1,338.05 |
131,600.00 |
98.35 |
70.92 |
27.43 |
38.68% |
| Sandwich |
2,114.49 |
301,864.59 |
142.76 |
135.96 |
6.80 |
5.00% |
| Shepherdswell-with-Coldred |
803.54 |
75,750.00 |
94.27 |
64.41 |
29.86 |
46.36% |
| Sholden |
757.41 |
40,222.26 |
53.11 |
49.40 |
3.71 |
7.51% |
| Staple |
263.33 |
12,735.00 |
48.36 |
38.69 |
9.67 |
24.99% |
| Stourmouth |
113.69 |
9,264.00 |
81.48 |
72.10 |
9.38 |
13.01% |
| Sutton–by–Dover |
319.93 |
16,227.00 |
50.72 |
47.67 |
3.05 |
6.40% |
| Temple Ewell |
689.70 |
32,260.00 |
46.77 |
44.63 |
2.14 |
4.79% |
| Tilmanstone |
159.21 |
9,188.50 |
57.71 |
49.02 |
8.69 |
17.73% |
| Walmer |
3,414.40 |
249,190.00 |
72.98 |
72.98 |
0.00 |
0.00% |
| Whitfield |
2,366.21 |
120,000.00 |
50.71 |
53.60 |
-2.89 |
-5.39% |
| Wingham |
724.67 |
58,414.94 |
80.61 |
76.25 |
4.36 |
5.72% |
| Woodnesborough |
520.98 |
24,277.67 |
46.60 |
45.69 |
0.91 |
1.99% |
| Worth |
498.77 |
28,176.12 |
56.49 |
52.55 |
3.94 |
7.50% |
| TOTAL /Average |
40,874.50 |
3,361,196.89 |
82.23 |
78.06 |
4.17 |
5.35% |
For more information about parish or town council’s budgets and activities, please contact your parish clerk.
The following parish and town councils intend to raise more than £140,000 through Council Tax for the financial year 2024/25.
Parish council charges 2023-24
| | Aylesham Parish Council
£’000 | Deal
Town Council £’000 | Dover
Town Council £’000 | Sandwich Town
Council
£’000 | Walmer Parish Council
£’000 |
|---|
| Nature reserves, Allotments & Recreation |
40 |
4 |
209 |
7 |
29 |
| Grants awarded |
30 |
21 |
29 |
0 |
4 |
| Tourism & Regeneration |
0 |
(8) |
62 |
29 |
21 |
| Public conveniences |
0 |
35 |
8 |
30 |
24 |
| Other services |
149 |
482 |
636 |
281 |
171 |
| Transferred to/(from) balances |
0 |
(22) |
(5) |
(45) |
0 |
| Precept |
219 |
502 |
939 |
302 |
249 |