Commons Allotment Charity Grants and Precept Grants – Budget 2025/2026

Commons Allotment Charity Grants and Precept Grants

As administrator for the Commons Allotments Charity, Great Torrington Town Council has allocated a total of £4,369.99 Grant Funding to local community groups for the 2025 – 2026 financial year. Members also allocated grant funding totalling £29,900.00 from the precept (due to an increase in the number of grant applicants, £4,400 of this total will be transferred from GTTC reserves) for 2025/26. A full list of grant recipients can be viewed on the Town Council’s website.

As per last year, Members decided to keep a pot of reserve grant funding to be made available during the period 1st April 2025 – 31st March 2026 for adhoc or urgent requests for funding throughout the year.

Great Torrington Town Council – 2025/2026 Budget

At the January Town Council meeting Members agreed the budget for the 2025/26 financial year. The requested precept reflects an increase of 4.58% on the Town Council element of council tax bills for the period 1st April 2025 – 31st March 2026.

The increase of 4.58% equates to an increase of £4.11 per year for a Band A property, £4.80 per year for a Band B, £5.48 per year for Band C, and £6.17 per year for a Band D property compared to last year. These figures relate to the Great Torrington Town Council element of your overall council tax bill only. Full details of increases for all Bands will be available on the Council’s website in due course.