The Parish Council has agreed that the annual Precept will remain unchanged from 1 April 2021, having been subject to increases in the past four years. These increases were partly related to the reorganisation of local government in Dorset. Back in 2015 the new unitary authority for the county of Dorset was proposed to replace the old District and County Councils. At that time there was discussion of the extent to which services might be devolved to parish and town councils and the Parish Council was advised to plan ahead. Since 2017 we have been setting aside an amount of the precept to guard against this eventuality. The unitary authority, Dorset Council, was established on 1 April 2019, but the Parish Council is still waiting to hear which if any services it will be expected to provide. The amount set aside has now reached £5,000 and the Parish Council has decided not to increase it further until the position is clarified.

The Band 'D' Loders precept for 2021-22 is slightly reduced at -13p per annum.