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Successful Reduction in Council Tax for Unadopted Road?
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In effect, all those who live down an adopted road are getting a discount on their council tax because they do not have to make additional payments for the maintenance of their access road. Thereby, those who live in adopted roads use our unadopted roads without paying for their maintenance. Also your properties are easier to sell and are priced more in the estate agents.
Not necessarily. I offered less on the house that I am buying on a private road BECAUSE it was a private road. Maybe I was lucky, but it worked!0 -
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Care to explain the difference between "the local council" and "the local authority"?pleasedelete wrote: »Thats not true. You pay your council tax to the local council. The education is managed by the local authority whose spending comes from central government.0 -
pleasedelete wrote: »Thats not true. You pay your council tax to the local council. The education is managed by the local authority whose spending comes from central government.
No, that is true unless the system has been changed recently. In non-unitary authorities, the county council looks after education, but the borough/district councils collect Council Tax and a major part will go to the county for education.
Unitary authorities provide education and also collect CT.If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales0 -
lincroft1710 wrote: »No, that is true unless the system has been changed recently. In non-unitary authorities, the county council looks after education, but the borough/district councils collect Council Tax and a major part will go to the county for education.
Unitary authorities provide education and also collect CT.
Generally speaking a district still handles education unless there's a county council. Metropolitan County authorities also have the option of providing education on a borough council basis.I no longer work in Council Tax Recovery but instead work as a specialist Council Tax paralegal assisting landlords and Council Tax payers with council tax disputes and valuation tribunals. My views are my own reading of the law and you should always check with the local authority in question.0 -
I work in Scotland, the local authority is fully responsible for all schools expenditure0
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Don't blame the council, blame the developer of the house who probably could not have been bothered to sort out this situation with the Council or pay for the road to be adopted, as it costs a lot of money. Councils do not adopt private developments for free.0
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It's the system that is wrong. In this capitalist society we live in developers will always go for the cheapest / quickest option when they have no other incentive.Don't blame the council, blame the developer of the house who probably could not have been bothered to sort out this situation with the Council or pay for the road to be adopted, as it costs a lot of money. Councils do not adopt private developments for free.
The law should require the road to be built to council standards and force the council to automatically adopt it when it is up to standard. And if they fail to build it to standard the council should be able to bill them for the difference. Problem solved.Changing the world, one sarcastic comment at a time.0 -
I agree with most of what you have said - although there are a lot of developers who do build to adoptable standard already.0
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The law should require the road to be built to council standards and force the council to automatically adopt it when it is up to standard.
Which is generally what happens with new developments, because the planners will require it. Most of the "odd" private roads are historical anomalies.0
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