{"id":3673,"date":"2026-03-28T16:37:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T16:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/?p=3673"},"modified":"2026-03-29T23:33:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T22:33:22","slug":"datchet-parish-council-precept-increase-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/?p=3673","title":{"rendered":"Datchet Parish Council precept increased again!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Datchet Parish Council precept has more than doubled (actually 2.495) in a year!\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>2<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>025\/26 = 83.3%<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">2026\/27 = 36.1%<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The precept is a demand for a specific sum of money to be collected through the council tax system, which the parish council then uses to fund its operations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How it works:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Parish council prepares a budget and determines how much funding they need for the upcoming year.<br \/>\nThey then submit a precept request to the billing authority (RBWM) who then collects the precept amount as part of the council tax and pays it to the parish council.<br \/>\n<strong>Why it\u2019s important:<\/strong><br \/>\nParish councils rely on the precept as their primary source of funding, as they do not receive direct funding from central government. Without the precept, they would be unable to carry out their responsibilities, such as maintaining local amenities, providing services, and representing the community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So what&#8217;s the problem?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Datchet Parish Council precept % increase (twice) from the previous year is as follows:\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0<strong>2<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>025\/26 = 83.3%<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0and<strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">2026\/27 = 36.1%<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0This means that the <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Datchet Parish Council precept has more than doubled in two years.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong> Where is all this money going?\u00a0 Administration and unresolved issue legal fees maybe?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The 2026\/27 amount collected by RBWM and paid to Datchet Parish Council is \u00a3361,821 as shown <a href=\"https:\/\/rbwm.moderngov.co.uk\/documents\/s70602\/Appendix%20O%20-%20Council%20Tax.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">here<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Datchet Parish Council also receives additional income from property rentals and other sources.<\/p>\n<p>(1.833 x 1.361 = 2.495)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Datchet Parish Council precept has more than doubled (actually 2.495) in a year!\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2025\/26 = 83.3% \u00a02026\/27 = 36.1% The precept is a demand for a specific sum of money&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[172,357],"class_list":["post-3673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-datchet-parish-council","tag-datchet-parish-council-precept"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Datchet Parish Council precept increased again! 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