Chorley Council Tax 2026

How to read this stock pattern

Band D is a poor description of the largest group in Chorley's housing stock. The dominant group is Band A, where the statutory charge is two-thirds of the Band D rate, while the reference band describes a different part of the valuation list. The £2,165.16 stock-weighted figure is therefore the more representative area-level comparison. It does not predict an individual bill, because discounts, exemptions and the property's actual valuation band still determine liability.

This is a two-band centre rather than a single-band market. Bands A and B together contain 51.4% 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.

Chorley occupies the middle half of the North West stock-weighted distribution, above its £2,089.63 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: South Kesteven

South Kesteven is an exceptionally close stock-shape match for Chorley: moving 2.6% 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 appears in the upper part of the ladder at Band E. Chorley places 10.3% of dwellings there versus 9.0% for South Kesteven, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.
• A smaller distinction sits at lower Band A, where South Kesteven holds 29.7% of its stock and Chorley holds 28.5%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
• A smaller distinction is at reference Band D: its share is 13.2% in Chorley and 14.3% in South Kesteven. The familiar benchmark represents a larger slice of the peer's housing stock.
• A smaller distinction is lower on the ladder at Band C: Chorley has 18.5% of dwellings there, against 17.5% in South Kesteven. That extra lower-band weight pulls its stock profile away from the peer.

How the wider profile compares

Show every band direction

• Band A leans toward South Kesteven
• Band B is closely balanced
• Band C leans toward Chorley
• Band D leans toward South Kesteven
• Band E leans toward Chorley
• 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 Chorley: Warrington (3.6% redistribution distance); East Riding of Yorkshire (4.4% redistribution distance); King's Lynn & West Norfolk (4.6% redistribution distance); West Lancashire (4.7% redistribution distance). Ranked across every published band in the England valuation system, this shortlist shows whether South Kesteven stands alone or sits in a cluster of similarly shaped authorities.