Council Tax bands and charges

Find your Council Tax band

If you’re moving into a new property or cannot remember your current property Council Tax band, you can check this online.

To find out, search for your Council Tax band.

Once you know your Council Tax band, you can check the amount of your Council Tax bill for 2025-2026.

Search by your town/parish to check the Council Tax charges for each band for this year

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Alternatively, you can view our A-Z of Council Tax charges.

Who sets Council Tax bands?

The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) sets all Council Tax valuation bands. They decide your band by considering the market value of your property.

Valuation bands in England and Scotland are based on property values on 1 April 1991, not what a property is worth today. More information on this is available on GOV.UK.

Valuation bands for 2025/2026
Band Market value at 1 April 1991 Number of homes in Central Bedfordshire Proportion of Band D tax
A Up to and including £40,000 11,224 6/9
B £40,001 to £52,000 25,570 7/9
C £52,001 to £68,000 36,771 8/9
D £68,001 to £88,000 26,533 1
E £88,001 to £120,000 17,708 11/9
F £120,001 to £160,000 10,137 13/9
G £160,001 to £320,000 5,692 15/9
H More than £320,000 412 2

When we work out your Council Tax, we use the charge for a Band D property to calculate all the other charges.