Precept 2026/27
Published: 23 January 2026
Westbourne Parish Council agreed at its meeting on 8 January 2026 to set a Precept of £151,663 for financial year 2026/27 to deliver council services for the Parish. This represents an increase of 8.2% for an average Council Tax Band D property on the Precept from last financial year. (In 2025/26, the Precept was £141,473).
The Council agreed that it had seen increased costs due to inflation and securing the new playground at Hitchcock Close off Mill Road was a priority to protect it for all to enjoy, as well as the need to support the review of the neighbourhood plan to protect the local environment and make sure any development demanded by the government was planned and on the right sites.
The Precept is money raised through Council Tax charged by Chichester District Council. The Parish Council will use the funding to continue to maintain:
- two playgrounds - Monk's Hill and Hitchcock Close off Mill Road
- the Common at Monk's Hill
- management of Westbourne Cemetery and the closed churchyard at St John the Baptist Church in Westbourne
- review of the neighbourhood plan
- the allotments at Mill Road
- street furniture, such as benches, bollards, flower troughs, cycle stands and road signage
- three speed indicator devices and a Community Speedwatch Group
- two defibrillators
- tree surveys
- 30 street lights
- community events, such as the Spring Clean Day, Annual Parish Assembly and national commemorations
- newsletter to residents
- grants and donations to local groups and organisations
- administration and membership of professional bodies