The Board of Onchan District Commissioners resolved the District Rate for the 2026/27 financial year during its Extra Ordinary Board Meeting held on Monday 26th January 2026.
The Lead Member for Finance and General Purposes, Oliver Lockwood, has provided the following statement on behalf of the Board:
“The Board of Onchan District Commissioners has resolved to increase the District Rate by 6.03% for the 2026/27 financial year, from 431 to 457 pence in the pound.
Approximately one-third of the 6.03% increase relates to the repayments on the £897,245 loan the Board resolved in September 2025 to take out to fund street lighting replacements and improvements on the following roads in the Birch Hill estate:
• Beech Avenue.
• Beech Close.
• Birch Hill Close.
• Birch Hill Crescent.
• Briarfield Avenue.
• Clypse View.
• Cronk Avenue.
• Hawthorn Close.
• Hazel Close.
• Highfield Crescent.
• Highfield Close.
• Hillberry View.
• Hillcrest Grove.
• Hollydene Avenue.
• Ivydene Avenue.
• Laurel Avenue.
• Maple Avenue.
• Maple Close.
• Oak Close.
• Poplar Close.
• Rosedene Avenue.
• Rosedene Close.
• Seafield Crescent.
• Seafield Close.
• Sycamore Close.
• Sunnybank Avenue.
• Willow Close.
Additionally, approximately one-quarter of the 6.03% increase relates to the Board’s decision not to budget a deficit financed from the Authority’s General Reserves, as resolved in previous years. The Board considers it important that the Authority should continue to have a sufficient level of General Reserves to meet unexpected items of expenditure in the future.
After making adjustments for these two major considerations, the District Rate has increased by less than inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index, which was 3.3% for December 2025. The Board wishes to express its thanks to the Authority’s officers for managing the Authority’s finances soundly and hence making this outcome possible.”