Amber Valley Council Tax 2026
East Midlands, England · 61,600 domestic properties
Amber Valley Band D is £2,407.69 for 2026-27, the 181st highest of 350 UK billing authorities (3% above the UK average of £2,337.00).
According to MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, Amber Valley's published Band D Council Tax is £2,407.69 for 2026-27 (OVER). Competition rank is 181st of 350 (higher than 48% of authorities).
- £2,407.69 Band D · OVER
- 181st of 350 authorities
- +3.0% vs UK average
According to MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, Amber Valley's Band D Council Tax is £2,407.69 for 2026-27 (OVER), the 181st highest of 350 UK billing authorities (higher than 48% of them) and 3% above the UK average of £2,337.00.
How we calculate this rank & percentile
We compare every UK billing authority with a published 2026-27 Band D rate (350 in total). Rank is one plus the number with a higher charge, so equal charges share a rank. Percentile is round(authorities with a lower charge ÷ 350 × 100). The UK average is the simple mean of every council's Band D rate in our coverage set. Because the rank spans all three nations, it compares what each authority charges, not what each charge buys. English bands rest on 1991 property values in eight bands, A to H, while Scotland uses its own 1991 thresholds and Wales revalued to 2003 values with a ninth band. An English Band D home is therefore not the same property profile as a Welsh or Scottish one. See our methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.
- £2,407.69
- Band D charge · 2026 statutory
- Above the UK average
- +4.77%
- year-on-year vs £2,297.98
- Middle-half rise
- +3.0%
- vs UK avg £2,337.00
- £4,815.38
- Band H · 18/9 of Band D
Amber Valley · year-on-year Band D
What changed for Amber Valley
Amber Valley's Band D Council Tax rose from £2,297.98 (2025-26) to £2,407.69 (2026-27). Among 350 billing authorities by percentage rise, it ranks 225.
How to read this Band D change
This is a change in the published Band D charge, not advice about household bills. Precepts, discounts, and banding decide the amount you pay.
See UK year-on-year changesMHCLG/VOA position brief
Amber Valley Band D posture in the 2026-27 corpus
Entity-varying stamps from the joined MHCLG, Scottish CTAS and StatsWales extract plus VOA CTSOP stock counts, ABS(charge) peers, not map neighbours.
- £2,407.69 Published Band D 2026-27 OVER
- 181st of 350 UK authorities 48th percentile
- +4.8% Year-on-year Band D MID
- 61,600 VOA dwellings on list AHEAVY
Band D charge neighbourhood
Published 2026-27 Band D among the nearest pound-gap peers (snapshot 2026-10-02).
Derived position reading
What the Amber Valley Band D figure shows
The published Band D charge of £2,407.69 places Amber Valley 181st out of 350 UK billing authorities when ordered from the highest charge down. That position is derived from the full authority table, rather than from a single quoted comparison. It is 3.0% above the simple UK average of £2,337.00, while the percentile shows that 48% of the recorded authorities have a lower Band D charge.
The more useful local comparison is East Midlands. Here, Amber Valley ranks 19th among 35 billing authorities, against a regional average of £2,457.00. The table of nearby authorities therefore compares published charges in the same geography, not property values or the level of service a household receives. Equal Band D charges share a position, so the ranking does not invent a difference where the underlying values match.
Band D is a statutory reference point, not a bill for every household. Charges for the other bands are calculated from the applicable national ratios, and discounts or exemptions can change an individual bill. This page is best used to understand the current published schedule and how this authority sits within the recorded 2026-27 council-tax corpus.
Amber Valley bands A-H schedule
Per-band charge 2026
Band A–H charge table (2026/2027)
| Band | Annual Charge | Monthly | Sole occupant (−25%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | £1,605.13 | £160.51 | £1,203.85 |
| B | £1,872.65 | £187.27 | £1,404.49 |
| C | £2,140.17 | £214.02 | £1,605.13 |
| D | £2,407.69 | £240.77 | £1,805.77 |
| E | £2,942.73 | £294.27 | £2,207.05 |
| F | £3,477.77 | £347.78 | £2,608.33 |
| G | £4,012.82 | £401.28 | £3,009.62 |
| H | £4,815.38 | £481.54 | £3,611.54 |
England 1991 valuation ranges (Band A–H)
- Band A: Up to £40,000 (1991 valuation)
- Band B: £40,001 to £52,000
- Band C: £52,001 to £68,000
- Band D: £68,001 to £88,000 (reference band)
- Band E: £88,001 to £120,000
- Band F: £120,001 to £160,000
- Band G: £160,001 to £320,000
- Band H: Over £320,000
Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27 (area Band D) + statutory England band ratios documented in our methodology. Monthly figure is the annual charge / 10 (most councils use 10 monthly instalments). The sole-occupant column applies the statutory 25% single-person discount, payable when only one adult lives in the property.
What Amber Valley's 61,600 properties actually pay
Most homes in Amber Valley sit in Band A, the bottom of the valuation list: 23,020 of 61,600 dwellings (37.4%). Band A is charged at two-thirds of the Band D rate, so the headline figure above describes a property type that is in the minority here. VOA CTSOP stamp AHEAVY: 76.6% of dwellings here are banded below D.
Stock-weighted average £2,057.83 is £349.86 (14.5%) below Band D £2,407.69 - 234th of 318 authorities with published counts (corpus mean £2,269.00). That places Amber Valley 21st of the 35 billing authorities in East Midlands, below the regional median of £2,103.94.
Amber Valley property mix · A–C / D / E–H · AHEAVY
Sums to 61,600 VOA dwellings, band mix, not a household bill.
Closest housing-stock shape: Leeds
Leeds is an exceptionally close stock-shape match for Amber Valley: moving 2.3% of dwellings between valuation bands would make the two published distributions align. That is a stricter comparison than sharing a modal band, because all published bands contribute to the distance.
Four largest band differences
- The largest separation sits at lower Band C, where Leeds holds 19.5% of its stock and Amber Valley holds 18.0%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
- A smaller distinction falls on the reference band itself. Band D contains 11.5% of Amber Valley's stock but 10.1% of Leeds's, so the national headline describes more of the local distribution here.
- A smaller distinction sits at lower Band A, where Leeds holds 38.0% of its stock and Amber Valley holds 37.4%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
- A smaller distinction appears in the upper part of the ladder at Band G. Amber Valley places 2.5% of dwellings there versus 2.0% for Leeds, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.
Other close England matches for Amber Valley: Stockton-on-Tees (2.8% redistribution distance); North East Derbyshire (2.9% redistribution distance); Wirral (3.6% redistribution distance); Bury (4.0% redistribution distance).
| Band | Properties | Share of stock | Annual charge |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 23,020 | 37.4% | £1,605.13 |
| B | 13,060 | 21.2% | £1,872.65 |
| C | 11,100 | 18.0% | £2,140.17 |
| D | 7,110 | 11.5% | £2,407.69 |
| E | 3,660 | 5.9% | £2,942.73 |
| F | 1,960 | 3.2% | £3,477.77 |
| G | 1,550 | 2.5% | £4,012.82 |
| H | 140 | 0.2% | £4,815.38 |
Property-stock source, rounding and weighting notes
Property counts: VOA, Council Tax: stock of properties 2025 (Table CTSOP1.0_SUP, as at 9 September 2025), Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts are published rounded to the nearest 10, so shares are approximate and may not sum to exactly 100%. The stock-weighted average is our calculation: each band's 2026/2027 charge multiplied by its property count, divided by the total. It is a mean across the whole stock, not a bill any individual household receives.
Authorities charging a similar average across their stock
Closest to Amber Valley on stock-weighted charge (AHEAVY) - a different ordering from Band D twins.
- Hartlepool£2,059.46
- Rossendale£2,058.21
- Southend-on-Sea£2,056.25
- Merthyr Tydfil£2,056.16
- Gosport£2,055.21
Amber Valley's nearest year-on-year movers · MID
Amber Valley moved Band D from £2,297.98 to £2,407.69 (+4.77%, MID; competition rank 225th of 350). Closest published movements: Barnet, Greenwich, Hackney.
How Amber Valley compares in East Midlands
Among the 35 billing authorities in East Midlands, Amber Valley's 2026-27 Band D charge of £2,407.69 ranks 19th of 35, higher than 46% of them (£49.31 below the East Midlands average of £2,457.00). Its nearest-charged neighbours in the region:
| Region rank | Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|
| 17th | North Northamptonshire | £2,423.96 |
| 18th | North West Leicestershire | £2,418.20 |
| 19th | Amber Valley | £2,407.69 |
| 20th | Oadby & Wigston | £2,406.85 |
| 21st | Charnwood | £2,405.64 |
Regional rank out of 35 East Midlands billing authorities by 2026-27 Band D charge (1 = dearest). See the full UK ranking or the complete directory.
Council Tax figure, precept and liability disclaimer
Council Tax charges shown on this page are derived from the published England Band D dataset and statutory England band ratios. They are intended as informational guidance, not as a personalised tax statement or legal advice. Your actual bill depends on your property's assigned band and on any discounts or exemptions that apply to your household. This area Band D is a two-tier total for Amber Valley: district charge plus county, police, fire where separate, and the average parish precept across the district. For a binding figure consult your Amber Valley Council Tax bill or the official gov.uk Council Tax service. Figures published in 2026 reflect the 2026/2027 financial year only.
UK directories, Band D rollup and band challenge
Charges shown for Amber Valley are the area Band D and statutory band multiples, already including county, police, fire and average parish precepts where they apply.