Agenda item

The following recommendations have been made by Cabinet to Full Council:

Cabinet 01 December:

1.    Agenda item 9: Car Park Fees & Charges

Recommendation to Council:

To consider the various options discussed within the report and approve the 

Officer recommendations below:

·         Option 1 & Option 6: increase car parking fees and season ticket fees in line with CPI inflation of 3.8%.

·         For the Asset Management Officer in consultation with the s151 Officer to proceed with the Consultation in relation to the Off Street Parking Places Order.

2.    Agenda Item 10: Fees & Charges 2026-2027

The Overview & Scrutiny Committee supported the recommendations at the meeting held on 12^th November – but requested that in future, ‘Cabinet should be mindful of the inconvenience for cash users caused by using small change such as 5 pence coins’

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Recommendation to Council:

To approve:

• The fees and charges from 1^st April 2026 as included in Appendix A.
• That delegated authority be given to the Section 151 Officer, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Finance and relevant Directors/Assistant Director to agree the fees and charges not included within Appendix A as required (outlined within the report).

The Overview & Scrutiny Committee supported the recommendations at the meeting held on 12^th November

3.    Agenda Item 11: Council Tax Discounts & Premiums Determinations 2026 -2-27

Recommendations to Council:

That under Section 11A of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 and in accordance with the provisions of the Local Government Finance Act 2012 and other enabling powers that:

1)    The discounts for the year 2026-27 and beyond are set at the levels indicated in the table at paragraph 3.1.

2)    To continue to award a local discount of 100% in 2026-27 for eligible cases of hardship under Section 13A of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (as amended) and that the Revenues Manager has delegated authority to make Discretionary Reductions under the Hardship Policy up to the value of £4k as indicated in the associated policy in Appendix B.

3)    That an exception to the empty property levy charges may continue to be made by the Revenues Manager in the circumstances laid out in section 4.2 of this report.

4)    The long-term empty-property premiums for the year 2026-27 (subject to the empty premium exceptions shown in Appendix C) are set at the levels indicated in the table at paragraph 4.2

5)    To continue to award a local discount of 100% in 2026-27 for eligible cases of care leavers under Section 13A of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (as amended).

6)    Those dwellings that are specifically identified under regulation 6 of the Council Tax (Prescribed Classes of Dwellings) (England) Regulations 2003 will retain the 50% discount as set out in paragraph 2.1 of this report.

7)    Those dwellings described or geographically defined at Appendix A which in the reasonable opinion of the Revenues Manager are judged not to be structurally capable of occupation all year round and were built before the restrictions of seasonal usage were introduced by the Town and Country Planning Act 1947, will be entitled to a 35% discount.

8)    A new second homes premium of 100% as detailed in paragraph 4.3 (subject to the second home premium exceptions shown in Appendix C) continues to be applied in 2026-27.

This report will be considered by the Overview & Scrutiny Committee at the meeting on 10^th December – The Chair will provide a verbal update at the Full Council meeting.

4.    Agenda Item 12: Adoption of the North Norfolk Local Plan

Recommendation to Council:

1)    To note the outcome of the Inspector’s Report into the examination of the North Norfolk Local Plan, dated 31 October 2025 (Appendix 1 & 2);

2)    To adopt the modified Local Plan which incorporates the Main Modifications as the appropriate basis for the future planning of the whole District (Appendix 3);

3)    To notes that all policies of the North Norfolk Core Strategy 2008 and the Site Allocations; Development Plan Document 2011 (the current Local Plan) will be superseded by the new Local Plan upon adoption. This is subject to the provisions of paragraph 9.3 of this report that: ‘Upon adoption there is a six-week window under section 113 of the Planning  and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 during which an aggrieved party can challenge the decision to adopt a Local Plan on legal and procedural grounds’

4)    To note that Cabinet has delegated authority to the Assistant Director for Planning to publish the Adoption Statement and accompanying documents, making the North Norfolk Local Plan part of the Adopted Development Plan for North Norfolk;

5)    To note that Cabinet has delegated authority to the Planning Policy Manager to make any further necessary non-material modifications and any further updates to the Policies Map as required.