{"id":23894,"date":"2025-02-25T22:51:23","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T22:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/orkneys-council-tax-could-rise-by-15\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T22:51:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T22:51:23","slug":"orkneys-council-tax-could-rise-by-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/orkneys-council-tax-could-rise-by-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Orkney’s council tax could rise by 15%"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A full meeting of Orkney Islands Council will be asked to vote on the recommendation at a later date<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Councillors in Orkney have voted narrowly in favour of a proposed 15% increase in the islands’ council tax – after rejecting a suggested rise of 20%.<\/p>\n

Officials had recommended putting the rate up by 11%, but councillors voted 11-10 in favour of 15%.<\/p>\n

A full meeting of the council will be asked to approve the rate.<\/p>\n

Shetland Islands Council has agreed to a 10% increase in bills, while Western Isles authority Comhairle nan Eilean Siar has agreed on a 7.5% rise.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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For an average band D property, the increases would mean an annual bill of:<\/p>\n