The cost of dying in Harrow is set to go up for some by more than £250 as the council revealed the latest increases in fees and charges.
The price increases also cover services like getting rid of rats and colonies of wasps. Non-residents will be charged £5,423.30 for private burial plots, an increase of just over £258. Harrow residents will pay £3,018.80 for 2022/23, jumping from £2,875 the year before.
Child burials for Harrow residents will stay free of any charge, although families living outside the borough will pay £1,937.30. A cheaper option are public grave plots, which are unreserved. Residents over 12 will be charged £1,334.60 next year, with non-residents over 12 paying £2,007.60.
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Again, there are no fees for Harrow children, but those from further afield will pay £791.70 for a burial spot. There are also additional fees for extra large coffins and deeper graves, set at £555 and £756, respectively.
Other council services will be more expensive next year. Sports pitches, parking permits and new bins are among the amenities affected.
Hiring a tennis court will be 25p to 50p more expensive per hour in 2022/23, coming in at £11.20 for adult courts and £6 for juniors.
The average resident parking permit will be about £71, with varying charges depending on the environmental impact of each vehicle. This is compared to £67 last year. And the price of a new wheelie bin will be set at £72.70 – an increase of £3.50.
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The council also intends to charge more for pest control. A course of treatment for mice or rats is now £154, dealing with bed bugs costs £309, baits for cockroaches are £174 and wasp colonies, though not the nests, will be removed for £95.
The cost of removing fly-tipped rubbish from private land will set residents back almost £310 an hour, compared to £295 last year.
Anyone asking the council to conduct an investigation into fly-tipping will be charged a minimum of £2,482.20, an increase of £118.
A Harrow Council report notes most of the increases were in line with inflation, which, in September 2021, was set at 4.9 per cent. Officers added the council hoped to recover most of its costs for these services through the charges.
Harrow Council has been contacted for comment.
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