Hart Council Tax 2026

How to read this stock pattern

Hart'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 C charge is eight-ninths of the Band D rate, and 31.4% 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.

Hart has a broad valuation-band profile: the largest 3 groups are needed before the cumulative share passes half of the stock. No single band dominates the local picture, which makes a one-band headline especially incomplete. The weighted result is useful for comparing this authority with peers, but the spread across 8 published bands matters just as much. A broad mix also means the area-level mean is less representative of any one household than it is in a concentrated council.

Hart occupies the middle half of the South East stock-weighted distribution, above its £2,511.00 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: Wandsworth

Wandsworth is the nearest available full-distribution peer for Hart, although the match is not tight. Aligning the two published profiles would require 6.3% of dwellings to move between valuation bands. Even the closest council therefore has a materially different housing-stock shape.

Four largest band differences

• The largest separation appears in the upper part of the ladder at Band F. Hart places 16.8% of dwellings there versus 13.0% for Wandsworth, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.
• Another material separation sits at lower Band B, where Wandsworth holds 8.4% of its stock and Hart holds 6.0%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
• Another material separation sits at lower Band A, where Wandsworth holds 4.1% of its stock and Hart holds 1.8%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
• Another material separation appears in the upper part of the ladder at Band E. Hart places 19.2% of dwellings there versus 17.1% for Wandsworth, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.

How the wider profile compares

Show every band direction

• Band A leans toward Wandsworth
• Band B leans toward Wandsworth
• Band C is closely balanced
• Band D is closely balanced
• Band E leans toward Hart
• Band F leans toward Hart
• Band G is closely balanced
• Band H leans toward Wandsworth

This sequence is read from the lowest published band to the highest.

Other close England matches for Hart: Bromley (6.5% redistribution distance); East Hertfordshire (7.3% redistribution distance); Barnet (7.4% redistribution distance); Brentwood (8.6% redistribution distance). Ranked across every published band in the England valuation system, this shortlist shows whether Wandsworth stands alone or sits in a cluster of similarly shaped authorities.