Information about the amount of your Council Tax that goes to your parish or town council
Parish precept
An amount of your Council Tax is collected on behalf of each parish to pay for services such as cemeteries, playing fields, and open spaces.
You can view the precept information for your area.
Just provide us with your address by entering a postcode or street name which is in the Borough of King's Lynn & West Norfolk.
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For a detailed breakdown of how your precept has been worked out, please contact your Parish or Town Council. If you’d like to check the parish precept information for another area, please use our drop down facility below:
What the figures mean
The figures show the ‘tax base’, ‘parish precept’ and the amount payable (for a Band D property):
- the tax base – the number of properties (within that parish) for which Council Tax is payable
- Parish precept – the figure required to cover spending on service delivery within the parish
- Band D – the figure that each band D property will be charged (the band D figure is then used in further calculations to work out the charge for other bands)
The precept shown is the amount payable for a Band D property in addition to Norfolk County Council, Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk and Borough Council elements of your Council Tax. The actual precept for your property is shown on the front of your bill and is included (if applicable) in your Council Tax bill.
Parish councils with precept over £140,000
Budget information for the four parishes with a precept over £140,000 is available using the dropdown below:
Dersingham (£179,000)
| 2025/26 | 2024/25 | |
|---|---|---|
| Gross expenditure: | £226,135 | £174,536.94 |
| Council Tax Precept: | £179,000 | £175,000 |
Differences for 2024/2025 are due to a combination of General Fund supporting some of the budgeted expenditure costs, second home allowances being utilised within our precept. However, there has also been a reduction in the overall expenditure costs, due to savings in some areas of the Budget, for example staff training, staff salaries & some projects not being completed yet, so figures are again being carried forward until project completion. Differences for 2025/2026 between the precept requested & the expenditure budget will be made up from General funds.
An increase in Gross expenditure generally, increases the amount of council tax required, unless income can be sourced from other streams, such as general funds & grants. Our precept accounts for 80% of our projected expenditure for 2024/2025 the balance will be funded from General funds & other income in order to keep our Band D figure the same as last year for our Parish.
Downham Market (£615,242)
No budget information has been received for 2025/2026.
The parish precept report is usually published on the Downham Market Town Council website.
Heacham (£188,527)
| 2025/26 | 2024/25 | |
|---|---|---|
| Gross expenditure: | £236,737 | £318,068 |
| Council Tax Precept: | £188,527 | £165,366 |
Differences are due to expenditure on CIL projects in 2024/2025 and a tax base increase in 2025/2026 (precept) due to second homes Council Tax.
This is an increase of only 8p per week on band D property.
Hunstanton (£195,000)
| 2025/26 | 2024/25 | |
|---|---|---|
| Gross expenditure: | £272,000 | £276,000 |
| Council Tax Precept: | £195,000 | £195,000 |
Difference of £6,000 due to reduction in repairs expenditure expected in Town Hall & Community Centre.
Increased venue hire income has allowed HTC to keep the Precept figure for 2025/26 the same as the past 3 years.
Terrington St Clement (£240,000)
| 2025/26 | 2024/25 | |
|---|---|---|
| Gross expenditure: | £248,794 | £228,129 |
| Council Tax Precept: | £240,000 | £220,000 |
No reason given for any differences or the effects that the Gross Expenditure has on the amount of Council Tax has been received.
The parish precept report is usually published on the Terrington Parish Council website.