Angus fees for school meals, burials and more to rise next year

Organising a funeral, having a school meal or getting married is set to get more expensive in Angus.

A host of Angus Council fees and charges are going to rise for 2023/24.

The proposals cover areas like social care, burials, weddings and sport and leisure.

It comes after The Courier revealed similar lists of charges set to rise in Perth and Kinross and Dundee.

But some fees – such as for pest control – will remain free for the year ahead.

Here, we detail some of the most important changes in Angus, which will be effective come April.

Key council charges set to rise in 2023/24

School meals

Primary school meals will cost £2.20 (up from £2.10) and in secondary school they will cost £2.30 (up from £2.20).

Waste management

Special uplift of a minimum of three bulky household items: £30.70 (up from £28.90)
Special uplift of each additional item thereafter: £9.40 (up from £8.80)
The annual green waste bin charge will be £40, up from £30.

Bereavement services

Coffins and caskets:

Coffin – over 17 years old: £772.60 (up from £728.80).
Coffin – over 17 years from outwith Angus: £1,543.40 (up from £1,456).
A coffin for a stillborn child remains free.
Scattering of ashes: £63 (up from £59.40).
Cremation of a casket for those 17 years and under remains free.

Interment fees:

Cremation casket – interment at 4ft: £246.70 (up from £232.70).
Double cremation casket – interment over four feet: £493.40 (up from £465.40).
Double cremation casket – interment in coffin lair over 4ft: £1,000.40 (up from £943.70).
Cremation casket – interment at 4ft outwith Angus: £492.50 (up from £464.60).
Double cremation casket – interment at 4ft outwith Angus: £986.60 (up from £930.70).
Cremation casket – interment in coffin lair over 4ft outwith Angus: £1,000.40 (up from £943.70).
Double cremation casket – interment in coffin lair over 4ft outwith Angus: £2,000.60 (up from £1,887.30).

angus council fees Sale of lairs:

Coffin lair: £718.80 (up from £678.10).
Coffin lair (from outwith Angus): £1,437.40 (up from £1,356).
Cremated remains only: £409 (up from £385.80).
Cremated remains only (from outwith Angus): £817.70 (up from £771.40).
Issue of lair registry certificate: £61.20 (up from £57.70).

Erection of memorials:

Monumental registration fee: £183.40 (up from £173).
Erection of memorial, marker, plaque, vase and replacement memorials: £72.60 (up from £68.40).
Foundation and inspection fee: £238.20 (up from £224.70).

Event hire

Fairground/circus/commercial events:

Administration fee: £73.30 (up from £69.10).
Operational days: £103.10 (up from £97.20 per day).
Non-operational days: £51.60 (up from £48.60 per day).

Park lets:

Administration fee: £73.30 (up from £69.10).
Daily hire fee for events where anticipated numbers attending are higher than 100: £119.20 (up from £112.40).

Fisheries:

Fishing permits day ticket: £8.40 (up from £7.90) and £4.20 for a concession (up from £3.90).

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Weddings and civil ceremonies

Registrar to conduct a civil marriage ceremony, civil partnership registration or private citizenship ceremony:

Within normal hours and on Saturday at an approved place: £237.50 (up from £224).
On a Sunday: £323.30 (up from £305).
On a public holiday: £409.20 (up from £386).

Other:

Accommodation fee for ceremony rooms within the registration offices on
occasions where numbers exceed 10: £68.90 (up from £65).

Naming ceremonies/renewal of marriage vows:

Within normal hours (under 10 people) at Forfar Registration Office: £71.10 (up from £67).
Within normal hours (over 10 people) at Forfar Registration Office: £137.80 (up from £130).
Outwith normal office hours including Saturday at Forfar Registration Office or agreed venue: £302.10 (up from £285).
On a Sunday at Forfar Registration Office or agreed venue: £385.90 (up from £364).
On a public holiday at Forfar Registration Office or agreed venue: £467.50 (up from £441).

Care and support services

Community support:

Community/day care meal (lunchtime): £4.14 per meal (up from £3.86 per meal).
Community meal in the evening remains the same at £3 per meal.
Telecare remains the same at £1 a week per premises.
Community alarm: £5.73 per contract (up from £5.35).

angus council Residential care:

Mainstream care (e.g. older people) at Kinloch, Beech Hill, and Seaton Grove:£755 a week (up from £677).
Learning disability care at The Gables: £755 a week (up from £677).
High dependency unit at Kinloch, Beech Hill, Seaton Grove: £1,214 a week (up from £1,157).
Step down/intermediate care provision will continue to be free to service users for up to six weeks.

Personal care costs:

Support and care (1:1 support): £28.96 per hour (up from £27).
Older people daycare (on site, five hours, group support): £68.36 per session (up from £63.76).
Resource centre (disabilities, group support e.g. 1:6): £6.36 per hour (up from £5.92).
Resource centre (disabilities, close support e.g. 1:3): £12.76 per hour (up from £11.88).
Resource centre (disabilities, 1:1 support): £38.24 per hour (up from £35.68).

Leisure facilities

Activity charges with an instructor:

RYA Power Boat Course (2 days, 6 hours per day) Age 16+:
increase from £192 to £212
Adventure Activities with Instructor with minimum of 6 people
and maximum of 10 people:
1. Group Session per hour – Adult £320
2. Group Session per hour – Junior £160

Pitch hire:

Grass pitch permit (up to two hours): Standard £42 (up from £38) or £21 concession (up from £19 )
Grass pitch permit and changing room: Standard £66 (up from £59.50) or £36 concession (up from £33)
Synthetic pitch fees vary.

Swimming:

One-to-one lessons with bACTIVE: £12 per half hour (up from £10).
Learn to swim membership: £22 (up from £20)
Pool private hire/gala (including two lifeguards): £125 per hour (up from £110).
Inflatable pool party: Increase from £110 to £125

Facility hire:

Kitchen (commercial hire): £200 per day (up from £100).
Kitchen (community hire): £100 per day (up from £50).
Bar: £200 per day (up from £120).

Forfar Reid Hall, Montrose Town Hall, Brechin & Forfar Community Campus’ Theatres:

Main Hall – per hour: Community £30 (up from £25) and commercial £60 (up from £50).
Main Hall – per day: Community £300 (up from £250) and commercial £600 (up from £500).
Main Hall – per week: Community £1,500 (up from £1,250) and commercial £3,000 (up from £2,500).

Arbroath Community Centre, Edzell Inglis Memorial Hall, Kirriemuir Town Hall:

Main hall – per hour: Community £20 (up from £18) and commercial £40 (up from £36).
Main Hall – per day: Community £200 (up from £180) and commercial £400 (up from £360).
Main Hall – per week: Community £1,000 (up from £900) and commercial £2,000 (up from £1,800).

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