Council tax in the Vale of Glamorgan will be going up by 4.9%. At a full council meeting on Monday, March 6, Vale of Glamorgan Council members discussed and voted to approve a range of budget proposals for 2023/24. A number of proposed fees and charges were also ratified at the meeting. Among these were increases for allotment rents, café-style licenses for outdoor seating, and the cost of hygiene caddies.
Amendments to the budget were proposed by both the Conservative and Plaid Cymru groups at the council. The Conservatives proposed a council tax freeze funded by the council's reserves, with group leader Cllr George Carroll saying that this should be utilised for a "rainy day".
He added: "It is raining and it is now time to use them." Group leader of Plaid Cymru, Cllr Ian Johnson, proposed a more modest council tax rise of 2%. Both amendments failed. Here is a look at some of the changes that will be taking place across the county.
