Council tax is set to rise by 1.99 per cent in South Gloucestershire.

The outline budget for 2020/21 also includes a new 2 per cent adult social care precept following the recent government proposal.

Together this will mean an increase of around £59 for a band D household.

A statement from South Gloucestershire Council read: "We had been expecting a 3.27 per cent fall in resources between 2019/20 and 2020/21, due to the loss of the business rates pilot and the uncertainty around one-off grants continuing.

"The current proposals actually provides a 6.8 per cent increase in available funding in 2020/21. Additional funding from the Spending Round in 2020/21, is around £14.3m, which is split between £11.4m on a one-off basis and £2.9m in recurrent funding, should the council proceed with the new adult social precept.

"Our financial planning indicates we will need to make more savings over the next four years to keep pace with increasing cost pressures.

"Until we have certainty about potential further funding increases in the future, we have to treat those announced this year as one-off, if we are to responsibly balance our books.

"Since 2011, we have made cumulative savings of nearly £87m in annual spending through a range of efficiency measures.

The medium term financial plan assumes savings of £15m expected from the Council’s Transformation and Savings Programmes between 2020/21 and 2021/22.

"Even with the assumption that the full savings plan is achieved, there is still a predicted budget gap amounting to £11.9m by 2023/24. This means that work is ongoing to identify further potential savings in order to balance the books."

South Gloucestershire Council cabinet member for resources, Ben Burton, said: “We are totally committed to delivering the services that our communities need and rely on.

"Our top priorities are to deliver the best possible educational outcomes for all of our young people; to maintaining and improving the places where we live; and to achieving the very best value for money the public money we spend.

“In the face of continually increasing demand for the services needed by the most vulnerable in our society, the young and the old, we need to balance delivering those services and ensuring we get value for every pound we spend, with balancing the books. And that is why each year we ask residents to let us know about their views and priorities as we plan for the future.”

To share your views email consultation@southglos.gov.uk or complete a consultation survey.

The consultation closes on January 5 and the results will be considered by the council on February 12.