At a time when many councils are struggling to stay solvent and a number have declared bankruptcy, we are very pleased to say that the Residents Alliance group which runs the council has been able to set a balanced budget for 2024/25 without cuts to services and has been able to keep 2 hour free parking in Ellice Road car park. The budget was agreed at a council meeting on Thursday. The increase in Council Tax for 2024/25 is 2.99%. It means a rise of £7.11 per year for a Band D property Continued
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We’ve had a few enquiries about Tandridge District Council’s finances following news that a number of local authorities are facing major financial difficulties with Woking Borough Council declaring bankruptcy with £2.4bn of debt. We are very pleased to say that TDC completed the last financial year with a total surplus of £595,00 ... Continued
We are delighted to say that Tandridge District Council is now able to report a £458,000 surplus in its revenue budget despite all the financial problems the Council has had. When the Independents and OLRG Alliance group of Councillors took over the Council administration in May 2021, we inherited a large pension costs error which left an annual ... Continued
We are very pleased to say that a balanced budget has now been set for the coming year despite all the financial problems the Council has had, including the pension costs error which left an annual £920,500 gap in the finances. This was discovered just after the Independents and OLRG Alliance took over as a minority administration last May. Bala ... Continued
A review by accountancy specialists Grant Thornton of Tandridge District Council’s 2020/21 budget setting process has found an error over pension costs which has left an annual £920,500 gap in the Council's finances. The review found t ... Continued ...
On Tuesday (8 June 2021), Tandridge District Councillors heard that there is a large hole in the Council’s finances. It’s not clear exactly how much the deficit amounts to and accountancy specialists Grant Thornton have been called in to find ... Continued ...
Tandridge District Council is continuing to buy investment properties with large sums of borrowed money underwritten by Council taxpayers. That's despite the Government's warning to all Councils about the potential risks of such investments because, if things go wrong, it is the Council taxpayer who pays the price with cuts to services and/or raised taxes. ... Continued ...
Tandridge District Council is looking to make cuts in services because of a projected overspend this year of more than £1m - that's 10 per cent of the Council's general budget. ... Continued ...
6 November 2018 OLRG and Independent Councillors have once again raised concerns about how Tandridge District Council is making major property investment decisions. Our concerns stem from another decision to make a significant comme ... Continued ...
Residents of sheltered housing flats in St Andrews Way at Limpsfield Chart have been told their alarm service is being discontinued from 2 April. They've also been told their warden is being withdrawn despite no cost saving to Tandridge District Counc ... Continued ...
Tandridge District Council has now sold the Johnsdale car park in Oxted to property developers St William for just £750,000 which seems a very low price. We understand that St William intend to build around 40 flats on the site and are expected t ... Continued ...
OLRG is calling for better scrutiny and changes to the Council's Constitution because of concerns about how Tandridge District Council is making commercial property investment decisions with large sums of borrowed money underwritten by Council taxpayers. ... Continued ...
