Croydon Council is the governing authority for the London Borough of Croydon, Greater London, England. It’s a London Borough council, among the 32 in London. Croydon is surrounded by other London Boroughs including Camden, Kensington, and Chelsea. It’s located in London’s central London. Croydon is also known as the “Surrey County seat”.
The current council leader, Councillor David Green, promised that a review of the Croydon Tax would be conducted. His promised review was released after a meeting between the Croydon Estate and the Campaign for Better Taxation. During the meeting a motion was passed to suspend the Croydon tax entirely. This motion is expected to be passed when the next sitting of the Croydon Estate’s Annual General Meeting is due. David Green, who is also a member of the National Executive of the Association of Leisure Leaders, said that the tax was “utterly unfair” and that it is “being used as an equity tool to wealth the affluent and whilst punishing those that can’t afford to buy property”.
This news comes just days before the National Assembly for Wales’ annual conference. The party is set to decide whether to call for a review of the Croydon tax increase. A motion for a review has already been passed by the party’s executive members. If the party does propose to reverse the Croydon tax increase, they will do so by reversing the levy on properties and increase rates across the board instead.
Croydon Council Tax
If the National Assembly for Wales has already decided to reverse the tax increase, it’s unclear what their plan is. If the party decides to implement a reversal of the tax, they will have to figure out how to implement it without negatively impacting other parts of the community. Green believes that this tax should be reviewed again, but he admitted that this would be difficult. “It’s an area where we have been able to grow in leaps and bounds,” he said. “There are still pockets of deprivation in some of our towns and we need to address that.”
Councillor Green is not convinced that the party is solely responsible for reversing the Croydon tax increase. “I think the residents of Croydon have a right to look into this and get a full assessment of what the implications of it are,” he said. He added that he did not want to see a “double taxation” of residents, which is what happened in London last year. Instead he wants residents to pay for their own carbon footprint. He called for a review of the town’s carbon footprint and development of a sustainable economic development plan.
The Croydon Borough council has six weeks in which to finalize a deal with the developer over the increase in the property tax rate. If no deal is reached during this time, then the residents will have no choice but to pay the increased rate. With the increasing cost of fuel and the UK’s ever-increasing energy efficiency standards, the residents of Croydon should do all they can to save on their energy bills.
