Decision Maker: Service Director - Highways & Streetscene
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Allotment prices have not been raised to cover increased costs within Kirklees is within the last 10 years, and as such Kirklees pricing had fallen into the bottom 20% of all local authorities (according to APSE data). Alternative options such as discount removal were looked into, but a decision was made for this financial year to increase all prices whilst amending the current discount rate and criteria.
Prices will raise from £28 per annum to £76 per annum, and discounts will be applied at a rate of 25% for plot holders over the age of 70. Additionally sites with water will have their water rate rise from £1.42 per annum to £17 per annum.
Prices will change October 2023, with 2024 invoices payable in January 2024.
This decision was taken to increase prices for the service to standardise them with other local authorities both nationally and within West Yorkshire, and begin to recover costs.
Publication date: 26/10/2023
Date of decision: 26/06/2023