Where your Council Tax goes
Council Tax helps pay for local services like rubbish collection, housing, policing, fire and rescue, adult social care and education. These and many other important local services are provided in your area by East Sussex County Council (ESCC), Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner (SPCC), East Sussex Fire Authority (ESFA) - financial information and your local authority.
For adult social care authorities, council tax demand notices show two percentage changes: one for the part of the overall change attributable to the adult social care precept, and one for the part attributable to general expenditure.
More information is available in the East Sussex County Council summary for 2024-25.
Lewes District Council
Council Tax charges for 2024/25
Lewes Council Tax charges (Band D average) for the year are shown below. The amount each authority takes as a proportion is known as a precept. Each precepting authority produces information on how their share of Council Tax will be spent during the financial year. The information for each authority is set out below, for further details please see the Council Tax booklet.
Precepting Authority | Band D property |
|---|---|
| East Sussex County Council | £1,778.31 |
| Lewes District Council | £228.17 |
| Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner | £252.91 |
| East Sussex Fire Authority | £107.49 |
| Town and Parish Councils | £136.60 |
| Total | £2,503.48 |
Special expenses
Lewes District Council introduced a system of special expenses on 01 April 2014. This means that the cost of maintaining the council's open spaces it owns and manages is paid for within the local area where the facilities are located. The special expenses charged for your area is shown on your Council Tax bill.
Eastbourne Borough Council
Council Tax charges for 2024/25
Council Tax charges (Band D average) for the year are shown below. The amount each authority takes as a proportion is known as a precept. Each precepting authority produces information on how their share of Council Tax will be spent during the financial year. The information for each authority is set out below, for further details please see the Council Tax booklet.
| Precepting Authority | Band D property |
|---|---|
| East Sussex County Council | £1,778.31 |
| Eastbourne Borough Council | £277.74 |
| Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner | £252.91 |
| East Sussex Fire Authority | £107.49 |
| Total | £2,416.45 |
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