The Valuation Office is responsible for the setting of Council Tax bandings. All Council Tax bandings can be found on line at the Valuation Office website. If you wish to search for a banding please use the link on the right of this page.

 

The Council Tax affects most homes. There is one bill per property whether it is owned or rented. The people who live in the property will normally have to pay the Council Tax.

 

Properties have been allocated one of eight bands according to their open market capital value as at 1st April 1991. If your property is built after this date, the banding will assume the value of your property as if it had been built in 1991.

 

Valuation Band          Range of Values

 

A                           Up to and including £40,000

B                                 £40,001 - £52,000

C                                 £52,001 - £68,000

D                                 £68,001 - £88,000

E                                £88,001 - £120,000

F                               £120,001 - £160,000

G                              £160,001 - £320,000

H                               More than £320,000

 

Extensions and Alterations to your property

 

Improvements to your property, like adding an extension, can increase the value of your property which may increase the Council Tax band. This increase would only take effect from when a property changes hands or a National revaluation occurs.

 

For further information on the banding of properties and for details of how to appeal against your band, please use the Valuation Office link on the right of this page.

 

Working from home

 

If you work at, or from home, you maybe liable to pay business rates on the area used for business purposes and Council Tax for the rest of the property. Further information on this can also be found on the Valuation Office website.