Precept for 2023 – 2024

Nailsworth Town Council has an annual expenditure budget of £380,134 for 2023-24 of which the precept makes up £361,635. The rest comes from room hire income and council reserves. NTC are also successful in bring in over £30,000 grant funding year.

Like householders, NTC has been hit by rising costs in utilities, services, materials and supplies and this has been reflected in this year’s budget. NTC spends nearly 22% of the annual budget on support for town services such as the Youth Club (13% of precept), extra hours for the library (0.9% of precept), Homestart family support (1.5% of precept), and holiday play sessions (0.9% of precept). This year NTC is also contributing to the cost of a Community Development Worker (1.4% of precept). These services support the most vulnerable people in our community – the library is a Warm Hub for example.

With rising costs, the council has taken the decision to keep supporting these services and maintaining our buildings and land for the benefit of the whole community.

Nailsworth Town Council is a dynamic council with many projects planned to make our town a better place to live and visit. The council has ‘earmarked reserves’ to make sure these projects come to fruition.

Shortwood Roadworks

If you have any questions about the Gigaclear work in Shortwood, please contact the Network Build Care team on 01865 591 137 or via email at networkbuildcare(at)gigaclear.com

Grit bins

Nailsworth residents do an excellent job helping each other out by gritting pavements and footpaths. However, please remember to use the grit sparingly (it works better that way) and to be kind to your neighbours: please don’t use the grit to clear your own drive or path and try to share it around your street wherever the ice is the worst.

Nailsworth Town Council’s Groundsman grits the pavements in the centre of town to help keep pedestrians moving.

Gloucestershire County Council are responsible for gritting the roads. Grit bins are filled by GCC before each winter season. The salt in the bins is intended for use on the public highway only, please do not use grit from these bins to clear your own driveways or paths as there are limited supplies. Bins are located where they are for a specific reason. To report an empty grit bin please contact GCC via their website: www.gloucestershire.gov.uk or phone them on 01452 425 000.