Wooler Parish Council poised to freeze precept

By Ian Smith
Published 9th Jan 2020, 09:59 BST
Updated 14th Jan 2020, 01:03 BST
Wooler High Street Picture by Jane Coltman Wooler High Street Picture by Jane Coltman
Wooler High Street Picture by Jane Coltman
Wooler Parish Council has indicated it plans to freeze its precept in 2020/21.

In 2019/20 it had increased its precept by 12 per cent, totalling £26,661.

However, chairman Mark Mather said the council had been prudent in its spending and the exceptional voluntary work done by councillors helped to keep costs down.

He said: “We have had a couple of big years to get us where we needed to be so I would proposed no increase in the precept.”

This was agreed by members.