Uttlesford - Members’ Allowances Scheme
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UTTLESFORD DISTRICT COUNCIL
MEMBERS’ ALLOWANCES SCHEME 2025/26
District Councils are required to publish details of the scheme of allowances payable to Members of the Council and recommendations relating to that scheme of allowances. The scheme as set out below was adopted by Uttlesford District Council on 17 December 2024 and will operate in the 2025/26 municipal year.
The Council appoints an Independent Remuneration Panel, who are responsible for recommending the amount of the basic allowance. They also set the special responsibility allowances and any other allowances to be paid, as well as the responsibilities that are applicable. At its meeting on 17 December 2024, the Council received the report of the Independent Remuneration Panel and decided to adopt the following recommendations in respect of Uttlesford District Council’s Members’ Allowances Scheme:
a) Agrees to a rise of 2.7% to the current level of basic allowance.
b) Adopts the changes to the individual SRAs as set out in Appendix A and detailed in the report, for the municipal year 2025/26.
The basic allowance and special responsibility allowances for 2025/26 are set out below.
Allowance | 2025/26 Scheme |
Basic Allowance | £5,881.79 |
Chair of the Council | £4,705.43 + civic expenses |
Vice Chair of the Council | £2,352.72 |
Leader of the Council | £14,410.39 |
Deputy Leader of the Council | £7,646.33 |
Portfolio Holders | £7,250.06 |
Overview/Scrutiny and Ordinary Committee Chairs | £4,117.26 |
Chair of Licensing and Environmental Health Committee | £4,117.26 |
Licensing Panel (paid in addition to other SRA’s) | £271.74 (to be paid in a municipal year when at least ten meetings of the Committee take place in a purely regulatory capacity; a payment will be made to members attending at least 50% of those meetings). |
Chair of Planning Committee | £5,881.79 |
Members of Planning Committee | £1,176.36 |
Substitute members of the Planning Committee (paid in addition to other SRA’s) | £135.87 (subject to attending 5 meetings per municipal year, or 50% of meetings in a municipal year). |
Main opposition group leader | £4,117.26 |
Other opposition group leader | £2,352.72 |
Independent representatives on the Standards Committee | £588.18 |
Independent representatives on the Statutory Officer Discipline and Dismissal Panel | £588.18 |
Panel members of Independent Remuneration Panel | £588.18 |
- The Council’s scheme of allowances for 2025/26 as adopted and set out in the table above.
- The report of the Independent Remuneration Panel for 2025/26.
- The minutes of the Council meeting on 17 December 2024.
Queries regarding this notice should be directed to Ben Ferguson, Democratic Services Manager at bferguson@uttlesford.gov.uk – Telephone: 01799 510548.
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