Budget savings
Budget savings 2026/27
The revenue budget for 2025/26 was debated by councillors on 26th February 2026. View the budget report (PDF 344KB).
As part of preparing the proposed revenue budget, Integrated Impact Assessments (IIAs) were undertaken and those where equality impacts, and socio-economic impacts were identified are available on this page. View summary of IIA outcomes (PDF 568KB).
Business Services
View savings proposals for Business Services:
- Additional floor space rented out at Woodhill House (PDF 35.7KB)
- Budget reduction for Customer and Digital Services (PDF 40.9KB)
- Capital plan 2026/27 to 2030/31 (PDF 198KB)
- Closure of service point (PDF 68.3KB)
- Council Tax increase (PDF 85.9KB)
- End subscription to LGiU (PDF 37.3KB)
- End the contract for the reputation tracker (PDF 74.9KB)
- Governance review (PDF 38.5KB)
- Invoice rebates (PDF 38.8KB)
- Public convenience strategy (PDF 86.9KB)
- Reduction or removal of area grant budget (PDF 131KB)
Education and Children's Services
View savings proposals for Education and Children's Services:
- CLD third party payments (PDF 41.9KB)
- Halls music licence (PDF 42.5KB)
- In-year financial oversight and resource realignment (PDF 42.4KB)
- Instrumental music service (PDF 43KB)
- LLA estate plan (PDF 45.6KB)
- LLA performance growth (PDF 42.2KB)
- Maintenance of school grounds (PDF 41.2KB)
- PPP and PPI contracts variation (PDF 37.9KB)
- Primary school energy (PDF 38KB)
- Reduction in Early Years training and courses provision (PDF 41.3KB)
- Reduction of CLD staffing budget (PDF 43.7KB)
- Review of LLA concessionary discounts (PDF 65KB)
- Review of management structures for Early Years service (PDF 42.1KB)
- Review of school and cluster management arrangements (PDF 41.4KB)
- School business support review (PDF 43.8KB)
- School catering dynamic pricing (PDF 54.4KB)
- School catering servery project (PDF 52.6KB)
- School cleaning (PDF 42KB)
- Secondary school devolved budgets (PDF 39.4KB)
Environment and Infrastructure Services
View savings proposals for Environment and Infrastructure Services:
- Budget reduction for Landscape Services on routine and non-routine maintenance (PDF 92.8KB)
- Business Gateway savings (PDF 67.6KB)
- Capital from current revenue (PDF 37KB)
- Disconnect private road lighting (PDF 60.8KB)
- Economic Development North East Scotland Investment Zone (NESIZ) saving (PDF 38.9KB)
- Harbour fees (PDF 41.9KB)
- Introduce buyer role within Roads (PDF 38.6KB)
- Minor adaptation charging (PDF 96.9KB)
- Removal of private let deficit funding (PDF 42KB)
- Review of bus services (PDF 168KB)
- Road line marking (PDF 26.9KB)
- Road safety (PDF 81.8KB)
- Transportation budget saving (PDF 41.9KB)
Cross service
View cross service savings proposals:
Housing Revenue Account
View savings proposals for Housing Revenue Account (HRA):