Housing
VAT will be charged where applicable at the appropriate rates.
| HOUSING FEES AND CHARGES | Fee 2025/26 £:P | Fee 2026/27 £:P |
| Homelessness | ||
| Bed and Breakfast - recharge per week | ||
| Each adult | Actual Cost | Actual Cost |
| Each child under 16 | Actual Cost | Actual Cost |
| Ineligible charge | 22.15 | 22.15 |
| Homelessness | ||
| Hire of Communal Lounges (per 1/2 day session) | ||
| Commercial rate | 54.50 | 59.95 |
| Mixed rate (commercial and residents) | 27.25 | 29.98 |
| Use of guest bedroom per night | 16.25 | 17.88 |
| Lifelines | ||
| Registered disabled persons - Lifeline Monitoring per week | 2.21 | 2.43 |
| Registered disabled persons - Lifeline equipment rental per week (includes monitoring) | 5.63 | 6.19 |
| Other persons - Monitoring per week | 3.31 | 3.64 |
| Other persons - Rental per week (includes monitoring) | 5.51 | 6.06 |
| Monthly Basic Telecare package monitoring charge | 23.89 | 26.28 |
| Telecare installation - private resident | 57.75 | 63.53 |
| Telecare installation - additional sensors | 6.88 | 7.57 |
| Monthly 1st year instalment charge installation and monitoring | 37.04 | 40.74 |
| Telecare - Monthly 1st year instalment charge, rental and monitoring | 28.49 | 31.34 |
| Monitoring & Support level 1 - Daily visit | 22.05 | 24.26 |
| Monitoring & Support level 2 - 2 visits per week | 13.23 | 14.55 |
| Monitoring & Support level 3 - 1 visit per week | 9.92 | 10.91 |
| Monitoring & Support level 4 - 1 visit per fortnight | 6.62 | 7.28 |
| Monitoring & Support level 5 - 1 visit per month | 5.51 | 6.06 |
| Monitoring & Support level 6 - 1 visit per week | 4.41 | 4.85 |
| Monitoring & Support level 7 - 1 monitoring only | 3.31 | 3.64 |
| Fall detector - rental per month (includes monitoring) | 5.32 | 5.85 |
| Smoke detector - rental per month (includes monitoring) | 3.05 | 3.36 |
| Bed Occupancy Sensor - rental per month (includes monitoring) | 5.83 | 6.41 |
| Property Exit Sensor - rental per month (includes monitoring) | 12.74 | 14.01 |
| Medication Dispenser - rental per month (includes monitoring) | 7.96 | 8.76 |
| Garages | ||
| Rent per week - Council Tenants - Garage in Proximity to Rented Property | 10.98 | 11.51 |
| Rent per week - Council Tenants - Garage in Proximity to Rented Property (Chatsworth Road) | 12.82 | 13.44 |
| Rent per week - All other circumstances | 10.90 or 12.82 + 20% VAT | 11.42 or 13.44 + 20% VAT |
| Garage Plots | ||
| Rent per annum - Council Tenants - Plot in Proximity to Rented Property | 1.42 | 1.49 |
| Rent per annum - All other circumstances | 1.42 + 20% VAT | 1.49 + 20% VAT |
| Miscellaneous Housing | ||
| Heating - Council Tenants (Pear Tree Court communal) | 7.19 | 7.91 |
| Service charge (Carnegie House) | 22.75 | 25.03 |
| Statutory Notices | ||
| Housing Act 2004 S.49 | ||
| Recovery of administrative and other expenses incurred in taking enforcement action | Actual Cost | Actual Cost |
| STRATEGIC HOUSING | ||
| Issue of Immigration Certificates | 187.00 | 187.00 |
| Application for new licence | 453.00 | 453.00 |
| Additional application fee per pitch in excess of 1 | 8.00 | 8.00 |
| Amendment of licence | 254.00 | 254.00 |
| Transfer of licence | 185.00 | 185.00 |
| Annual fee | 257.00 | 257.00 |
| Additional annual fee per pitch in excess of 1 | 9.00 | 9.00 |
| Deposit, vary or delete site rules | 160.00 | 160.00 |
| Enforcement costs relating to caravan sites based on actual officer time | 54.00 | 54.00 |
| Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation | 862.00 | 862.00 |
| Interest charges applied to outstanding enforcement debts, for example works in default | 0.035 | 0.04 |
| Housing Standards Enforcement costs based on actual officer time | Manager £65 / hour, EHO £54 / hour, Assistant £42 / hour | Manager £65 / hour, EHO £54 / hour, Assistant £42/ hour |