Breckland Council Tax 2026
East of England, England · 66,300 domestic properties
According to MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, Breckland's Band D Council Tax is £2,443.67 for 2026-27, the 151st highest of 350 UK billing authorities (higher than 57% of them) and 5% above the UK average of £2,337.00. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Tunbridge Wells, Derbyshire Dales, Forest of Dean, South Ribble, then Plymouth, Kirklees. Closest published housing-stock shapes include North Kesteven, Thanet, Wyre Forest, Cornwall.
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. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Tunbridge Wells, Derbyshire Dales, Forest of Dean, South Ribble, then Plymouth, Kirklees. See our methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.
- £2,443.67
- Band D charge · 2026 statutory
- Above the UK average
- +4.94%
- year-on-year vs £2,328.59
- Middle-half rise
- +4.6%
- vs UK avg £2,337.00
- £4,887.34
- Band H · 18/9 of Band D
Nearest published Band D rates sit with Tunbridge Wells, Derbyshire Dales, Forest of Dean, South Ribble, then Plymouth, Kirklees. Closest published housing-stock shapes include North Kesteven, Thanet, Wyre Forest, Cornwall. Open Tunbridge Wells for the closest published Band D on the same vintage.
Breckland · year-on-year Band D
What changed for Breckland
Breckland's Band D Council Tax rose from £2,328.59 (2025-26) to £2,443.67 (2026-27). Among 350 billing authorities by percentage rise, it ranks 169.
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 changesBreckland bands A-H schedule
Per-band charge 2026
Breckland's nearest Band D charges nationwide
Breckland is 151st of 350 on the national Band D list at £2,443.67. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Tunbridge Wells, Derbyshire Dales, Forest of Dean, South Ribble, then Plymouth, Kirklees. The six closest published 2026-27 rates, led by Tunbridge Wells, ignore geography on purpose, so a map neighbour is not mistaken for a charge twin. Read the difference column as a pound gap; cross-check the East of England ranking further down when you care about local neighbours, and the stock-weighted average when you care what most of Breckland's 66,300 dwellings actually pay. Closest published housing-stock shapes include North Kesteven, Thanet, Wyre Forest, Cornwall.
| Council | Band D | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Tunbridge Wells | £2,446.15 | +£2.48 |
| Derbyshire Dales | £2,444.70 | +£1.03 |
| Forest of Dean | £2,443.42 | −£0.25 |
| South Ribble | £2,442.66 | −£1.01 |
| Plymouth | £2,441.85 | −£1.82 |
| Kirklees | £2,441.07 | −£2.60 |
Band A–H charge table (2026/2027)
| Band | Annual Charge | Monthly | Sole occupant (−25%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | £1,629.11 | £162.91 | £1,221.83 |
| B | £1,900.63 | £190.06 | £1,425.47 |
| C | £2,172.15 | £217.22 | £1,629.11 |
| D | £2,443.67 | £244.37 | £1,832.75 |
| E | £2,986.71 | £298.67 | £2,240.03 |
| F | £3,529.75 | £352.98 | £2,647.31 |
| G | £4,072.78 | £407.28 | £3,054.59 |
| H | £4,887.34 | £488.73 | £3,665.51 |
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 Breckland's 66,300 properties actually pay
Breckland's housing stock peaks below the reference point, in Band B, which covers 18,560 of 66,300 dwellings (28.0%). A Band B home is charged at seven-ninths of the Band D rate, which is why the typical bill here lands under the headline figure. Bands A and B between them account for 52.5% of the stock. 75.1% of dwellings on the England valuation list here are banded below D.
Weighting each band's statutory charge by the number of properties in it gives a stock-weighted average of £2,126.61 per dwelling, £317.06 (13.0%) below the £2,443.67 Band D headline, because most of the stock sits in bands charged at less than the Band D rate. On that measure Breckland is 206th of 318 authorities with published stock counts, against a £2,269.00 average. That places Breckland 33rd of the 45 billing authorities in East of England, below the regional median of £2,255.65.
How to read this stock pattern
Breckland's largest property group sits in the lower half of the valuation ladder rather than at the Band D reference used in national tables. Its modal Band B charge is seven-ninths of the Band D rate, and 75.1% of the published stock lies below D. The headline alone does not show how often each band occurs. The stock-weighted amount applies the full distribution for an area-level comparison, while remaining an average rather than a household quotation.
This is a two-band centre rather than a single-band market. Bands A and B together contain 52.5% of dwellings, so neither band should be presented as a complete account of the area. The stock-weighted result combines both groups and the smaller tails into one comparable measure. The table shows where that mean comes from and prevents the distribution being flattened into an overconfident "typical property" claim.
Breckland occupies the middle half of the East of England stock-weighted distribution, below its £2,255.65 median. The regional result gives more context than a UK-wide rank without turning the difference into a superlative. It also shows that the council's band mix, not only its published Band D rate, determines where it sits among nearby authorities. The remaining distance from the median is an area-level comparison rather than a household saving or premium.
Closest housing-stock shape: Gedling
Gedling is the closest full-distribution match for Breckland. The profiles are close rather than identical: 3.4% of dwellings would need to shift between valuation bands for their published shares to align. The comparison therefore tests the whole ladder, not just the largest band.
Four largest band differences
- The largest separation is lower on the ladder at Band C: Breckland has 22.5% of dwellings there, against 19.5% in Gedling. That extra lower-band weight pulls its stock profile away from the peer.
- Another material separation sits at lower Band A, where Gedling holds 26.8% of its stock and Breckland holds 24.6%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
- A smaller distinction is an upper-band difference at Band G. Gedling records 1.7% of dwellings there, compared with 1.3% in Breckland, so the peer carries more of its stock at that higher rung.
- A smaller distinction sits at lower Band B, where Gedling holds 28.3% of its stock and Breckland holds 28.0%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
How the wider profile compares
Across Bands A to C the combined shares differ by only 0.4%. That net figure can hide opposing band-level gaps, so the individual Band A, B and C comparisons above remain the safer guide to where the lower-band stock differs.
Gedling carries the heavier upper tail across Bands E and above, exceeding Breckland's combined share there by 0.6%. Total-variation distance counts those absolute band gaps without assuming they offset the lower-band pattern.
Both profiles peak in Band B, so the peer match agrees on the most common valuation group as well as the full-distribution distance. The band-by-band gaps above show why a shared mode does not make the profiles interchangeable.
Band H is the most stable point in the comparison, with shares of 0.1% and 0.2%. Reading that near-match beside the largest gaps prevents the peer label from hiding where the two published distributions actually agree.
Show every band direction
- Band A leans toward Gedling
- Band B is closely balanced
- Band C leans toward Breckland
- Band D is closely balanced
- Band E is closely balanced
- Band F is closely balanced
- Band G is closely balanced
- Band H is closely balanced
This sequence is read from the lowest published band to the highest.
Other close England matches for Breckland: North Kesteven (3.6% redistribution distance); Thanet (4.7% redistribution distance); Wyre Forest (4.7% redistribution distance); Cornwall (5.1% redistribution distance). Ranked across every published band in the England valuation system, this shortlist shows whether Gedling stands alone or sits in a cluster of similarly shaped authorities.
| Band | Properties | Share of stock | Annual charge |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 16,280 | 24.6% | £1,629.11 |
| B | 18,560 | 28.0% | £1,900.63 |
| C | 14,920 | 22.5% | £2,172.15 |
| D | 8,620 | 13.0% | £2,443.67 |
| E | 5,090 | 7.7% | £2,986.71 |
| F | 1,940 | 2.9% | £3,529.75 |
| G | 830 | 1.3% | £4,072.78 |
| H | 60 | 0.1% | £4,887.34 |
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
These are the closest authorities to Breckland on the stock-weighted measure, which is a different ordering from the Band D neighbours above because it accounts for how each area's properties are banded.
- Trafford£2,134.58
- South Derbyshire£2,131.41
- West Suffolk£2,127.87
- Walsall£2,123.22
- Medway£2,117.11
Breckland's nearest year-on-year movers
Breckland moved Band D from £2,328.59 to £2,443.67 (+4.94%, competition rank 169th of 350). The closest published movements sit with Redcar & Cleveland, Broxbourne, Cheltenham.
- Redcar & Cleveland4.95%
- Broxbourne4.93%
- Cheltenham4.93%
- Knowsley4.93%
- North Lincolnshire4.93%
- Peterborough4.93%
How Breckland compares in East of England
Among the 45 billing authorities in East of England, Breckland's 2026-27 Band D charge of £2,443.67 ranks 16th of 45, higher than 64% of them (£52.67 above the East of England average of £2,391.00). Its nearest-charged neighbours in the region:
| Region rank | Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|
| 14th | North Hertfordshire | £2,448.52 |
| 15th | Watford | £2,446.70 |
| 16th | Breckland | £2,443.67 |
| 17th | Luton | £2,439.93 |
| 18th | Broadland | £2,437.78 |
Regional rank out of 45 East of England billing authorities by 2026-27 Band D charge (1 = dearest). See the full UK ranking or the complete directory.
Questions answered from Breckland's data
These answers use Breckland's £2,443.67 Band D rate, the England statutory multipliers, and the VOA stock mix (modal Band B, 75.1% below D).
Is Breckland Council Tax above the UK average?
Breckland's 2026-27 Band D rate is £2,443.67, 4.6% above the UK average of £2,337.00. It has competition rank 151st of 350, with equal charges sharing a rank. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Tunbridge Wells, Derbyshire Dales, Forest of Dean, South Ribble, then Plymouth, Kirklees.
Which councils have charges closest to Breckland?
The closest published Band D rates are Tunbridge Wells (£2,446.15), Derbyshire Dales (£2,444.70), Forest of Dean (£2,443.42), South Ribble (£2,442.66), Plymouth (£2,441.85), Kirklees (£2,441.07). The comparison table above shows the six nearest authorities and the exact difference from Breckland.
What is the average Council Tax bill in Breckland?
Across Breckland's 66,300 domestic properties, the stock-weighted average charge is £2,126.61 for 2026-27. That is £317.06 below the £2,443.67 Band D rate, because the most common band here is Band B (28.0% of the stock) and 75.1% of dwellings are banded below D. Closest published housing-stock shapes include North Kesteven, Thanet, Wyre Forest, Cornwall. Property counts are from the VOA 2025 stock release; the weighting is our calculation.
How did Breckland Council Tax change for 2026-27?
Band D moved from £2,328.59 to £2,443.67, a 4.94% rise. Its competition rank by annual increase is 169th of 350; the closest movements include Redcar & Cleveland, Broxbourne, Cheltenham.
Advice boundary for Breckland
They are not personalised advice - expand a question for the figure that matches the tables above for the 2026-27 vintage, then follow the methodology or gov.uk links for a binding bill on a specific property.
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 Breckland: district charge plus county, police, fire where separate, and the average parish precept across the district. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Tunbridge Wells, Derbyshire Dales, Forest of Dean, South Ribble, then Plymouth, Kirklees. Closest published housing-stock shapes include North Kesteven, Thanet, Wyre Forest, Cornwall. For a binding figure consult your Breckland Council Tax bill or the official gov.uk Council Tax service. Figures published in 2026 reflect the 2026/2027 financial year only.
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Charges shown for Breckland are the area Band D and statutory band multiples, already including county, police, fire and average parish precepts where they apply. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Tunbridge Wells, Derbyshire Dales, Forest of Dean, South Ribble, then Plymouth, Kirklees.