Key dates
Public consultation:
4 December 2025 until Sunday 18 January 2026.
Budget 2026-27 consultation (on Get Talking Norwich)
This is your chance to have a say! Residents and businesses can share their views on the council’s spending priorities.
Draft budget presented to cabinet:
Councillors review the proposed budget and make recommendations.
Final budget approved by full council:
All 39 elected councillors vote to agree the final budget.
Budget year starts:
1 April 2026 – 31 March 2027
The new budget comes into effect.
How the budget is set
The budget is decided by the full council - 39 democratically elected councillors who represent the people of Norwich. Before any decisions are made, the council runs a public consultation to gather feedback from residents and local businesses. Your input helps shape the final proposals.
Previous budgets
Want to see how the council has managed its finances in past years?
Here’s a quick look:
- 2025-26: approved on 12 February 2025
- 2024–25: approved on 21 February 2024
- 2023–24: approved on 21 February 2023
- 2022–23: approved on 22 February 2022
- 2021–22: approved on 23 February 2021
- 2020–21: approved on 25 February 2020
- 2019–20: approved on 29 February 2019
- 2018–19: approved on 20 February 2018
- 2017–18: approved on 21 February 2017
- 2016–17: approved on 23 February 2016
- 2015–16: approved on 17 February 2015
- 2014–15: approved on 18 February 2014
- 2013–14: approved on 19 February 2013
- 2012–13: approved on 21 February 2012
Long-term planning
The Four-Year Financial Sustainability Plan (2017–2021) was agreed in September 2016. It laid out how the council aimed to manage its finances responsibly over several years.
