North Kesteven Council Tax 2026
East Midlands, England · 55,490 domestic properties
According to MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, North Kesteven's Band D Council Tax is £2,337.81 for 2026-27, the 231st highest of 350 UK billing authorities (higher than 34% of them) and 0% above the UK average of £2,337.00. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Tewkesbury, South Derbyshire, Chesterfield, Denbighshire, then Staffordshire Moorlands, East Suffolk. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Breckland, Exeter, Cornwall, Torbay.
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 Tewkesbury, South Derbyshire, Chesterfield, Denbighshire, then Staffordshire Moorlands, East Suffolk. See our methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.
- £2,337.81
- Band D charge · 2026 statutory
- Near the UK average
- +3.39%
- year-on-year vs £2,261.06
- Lower-quarter rise
- +0.0%
- vs UK avg £2,337.00
- £4,675.62
- Band H · 18/9 of Band D
Nearest published Band D rates sit with Tewkesbury, South Derbyshire, Chesterfield, Denbighshire, then Staffordshire Moorlands, East Suffolk. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Breckland, Exeter, Cornwall, Torbay. Open Tewkesbury for the closest published Band D on the same vintage.
North Kesteven · year-on-year Band D
What changed for North Kesteven
North Kesteven's Band D Council Tax rose from £2,261.06 (2025-26) to £2,337.81 (2026-27). Among 350 billing authorities by percentage rise, it ranks 332.
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 changesNorth Kesteven bands A-H schedule
Per-band charge 2026
North Kesteven's nearest Band D charges nationwide
North Kesteven is 231st of 350 on the national Band D list at £2,337.81. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Tewkesbury, South Derbyshire, Chesterfield, Denbighshire, then Staffordshire Moorlands, East Suffolk. The six closest published 2026-27 rates, led by Tewkesbury, 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 Midlands ranking further down when you care about local neighbours, and the stock-weighted average when you care what most of North Kesteven's 55,490 dwellings actually pay. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Breckland, Exeter, Cornwall, Torbay.
| Council | Band D | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Tewkesbury | £2,340.53 | +£2.72 |
| South Derbyshire | £2,339.61 | +£1.80 |
| Chesterfield | £2,339.49 | +£1.68 |
| Denbighshire | £2,339.03 | +£1.22 |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | £2,338.21 | +£0.40 |
| East Suffolk | £2,334.80 | −£3.01 |
Band A–H charge table (2026/2027)
| Band | Annual Charge | Monthly | Sole occupant (−25%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | £1,558.54 | £155.85 | £1,168.91 |
| B | £1,818.30 | £181.83 | £1,363.73 |
| C | £2,078.05 | £207.81 | £1,558.54 |
| D | £2,337.81 | £233.78 | £1,753.36 |
| E | £2,857.32 | £285.73 | £2,142.99 |
| F | £3,376.84 | £337.68 | £2,532.63 |
| G | £3,896.35 | £389.64 | £2,922.26 |
| H | £4,675.62 | £467.56 | £3,506.72 |
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 North Kesteven's 55,490 properties actually pay
Most homes in North Kesteven sit in Band A, the bottom of the valuation list: 14,240 of 55,490 dwellings (25.7%). 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. Bands A and B between them account for 51.3% of the stock. 75.6% 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 £2,023.99 per dwelling, £313.82 (13.4%) below the £2,337.81 Band D headline, because most of the stock sits in bands charged at less than the Band D rate. On that measure North Kesteven is 247th of 318 authorities with published stock counts, against a £2,269.00 average. That places North Kesteven 23rd of the 35 billing authorities in East Midlands, below the regional median of £2,103.94.
How to read this stock pattern
Band D is a poor description of the largest group in North Kesteven'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 £2,023.99 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 51.3% 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.
North Kesteven occupies the middle half of the East Midlands stock-weighted distribution, below its £2,103.94 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: Wyre Forest
Wyre Forest is the closest full-distribution match for North Kesteven. 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 an upper-band difference at Band G. Wyre Forest records 2.6% of dwellings there, compared with 0.8% in North Kesteven, so the peer carries more of its stock at that higher rung.
- A smaller distinction is lower on the ladder at Band A: North Kesteven has 25.7% of dwellings there, against 23.8% in Wyre Forest. That extra lower-band weight pulls its stock profile away from the peer.
- A smaller distinction is lower on the ladder at Band B: North Kesteven has 25.6% of dwellings there, against 24.3% in Wyre Forest. That extra lower-band weight pulls its stock profile away from the peer.
- A smaller distinction is an upper-band difference at Band F. Wyre Forest records 3.7% of dwellings there, compared with 3.0% in North Kesteven, so the peer carries more of its stock at that higher rung.
How the wider profile compares
North Kesteven has the stronger combined lower-band tilt: Bands A to C account for 2.9% more of its stock than they do in Wyre Forest. The nearest match still leaves that bottom-of-ladder difference visible.
Wyre Forest carries the heavier upper tail across Bands E and above, exceeding North Kesteven's combined share there by 3.1%. Total-variation distance counts those absolute band gaps without assuming they offset the lower-band pattern.
North Kesteven and Wyre Forest do not even peak in the same valuation band: the peer's largest group is Band C. Their total-variation match is therefore built from offsetting shares across the ladder, not from one identical headline category.
Band H is the most stable point in the comparison, with shares of 0.1% and 0.3%. 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 North Kesteven
- Band B leans toward North Kesteven
- Band C is closely balanced
- Band D is closely balanced
- Band E is closely balanced
- Band F leans toward Wyre Forest
- Band G leans toward Wyre Forest
- Band H is closely balanced
This sequence is read from the lowest published band to the highest.
Other close England matches for North Kesteven: Breckland (3.6% redistribution distance); Exeter (4.8% redistribution distance); Cornwall (5.6% redistribution distance); Torbay (5.6% redistribution distance). Ranked across every published band in the England valuation system, this shortlist shows whether Wyre Forest stands alone or sits in a cluster of similarly shaped authorities.
| Band | Properties | Share of stock | Annual charge |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 14,240 | 25.7% | £1,558.54 |
| B | 14,220 | 25.6% | £1,818.30 |
| C | 13,480 | 24.3% | £2,078.05 |
| D | 7,510 | 13.5% | £2,337.81 |
| E | 3,860 | 7.0% | £2,857.32 |
| F | 1,690 | 3.0% | £3,376.84 |
| G | 430 | 0.8% | £3,896.35 |
| H | 60 | 0.1% | £4,675.62 |
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 North Kesteven 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.
- Luton£2,027.22
- West Lindsey£2,024.88
- Kirklees£2,023.21
- Ashfield£2,022.31
- Mansfield£2,021.74
North Kesteven's nearest year-on-year movers
North Kesteven moved Band D from £2,261.06 to £2,337.81 (+3.39%, competition rank 332nd of 350). The closest published movements sit with North West Leicestershire, Hinckley & Bosworth, East Lindsey.
Muted-rise signal for North Kesteven: the increase is below 4%, placing this authority among the slower-moving part of the current dataset.
- North West Leicestershire3.43%
- Hinckley & Bosworth3.41%
- East Lindsey3.38%
- Charnwood3.36%
- Melton3.36%
- South Kesteven3.34%
How North Kesteven compares in East Midlands
Among the 35 billing authorities in East Midlands, North Kesteven's 2026-27 Band D charge of £2,337.81 ranks 29th of 35, higher than 17% of them (£119.19 below the East Midlands average of £2,457.00). Its nearest-charged neighbours in the region:
Regional low-charge outlier: this authority sits in the least costly fifth of East Midlands.
| Region rank | Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|
| 27th | South Derbyshire | £2,339.61 |
| 28th | Chesterfield | £2,339.49 |
| 29th | North Kesteven | £2,337.81 |
| 30th | Lincoln | £2,323.08 |
| 31st | Boston | £2,308.73 |
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.
Questions answered from North Kesteven's data
These answers use North Kesteven's £2,337.81 Band D rate, the England statutory multipliers, and the VOA stock mix (modal Band A, 75.6% below D).
Is North Kesteven Council Tax above the UK average?
North Kesteven's 2026-27 Band D rate is £2,337.81, 0.0% above the UK average of £2,337.00. It has competition rank 231st of 350, with equal charges sharing a rank. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Tewkesbury, South Derbyshire, Chesterfield, Denbighshire, then Staffordshire Moorlands, East Suffolk.
Which councils have charges closest to North Kesteven?
The closest published Band D rates are Tewkesbury (£2,340.53), South Derbyshire (£2,339.61), Chesterfield (£2,339.49), Denbighshire (£2,339.03), Staffordshire Moorlands (£2,338.21), East Suffolk (£2,334.80). The comparison table above shows the six nearest authorities and the exact difference from North Kesteven.
What is the average Council Tax bill in North Kesteven?
Across North Kesteven's 55,490 domestic properties, the stock-weighted average charge is £2,023.99 for 2026-27. That is £313.82 below the £2,337.81 Band D rate, because the most common band here is Band A (25.7% of the stock) and 75.6% of dwellings are banded below D. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Breckland, Exeter, Cornwall, Torbay. Property counts are from the VOA 2025 stock release; the weighting is our calculation.
How did North Kesteven Council Tax change for 2026-27?
Band D moved from £2,261.06 to £2,337.81, a 3.39% rise. Its competition rank by annual increase is 332nd of 350; the closest movements include North West Leicestershire, Hinckley & Bosworth, East Lindsey.
Advice boundary for North Kesteven
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 North Kesteven: district charge plus county, police, fire where separate, and the average parish precept across the district. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Tewkesbury, South Derbyshire, Chesterfield, Denbighshire, then Staffordshire Moorlands, East Suffolk. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Breckland, Exeter, Cornwall, Torbay. For a binding figure consult your North Kesteven 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 North Kesteven 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 Tewkesbury, South Derbyshire, Chesterfield, Denbighshire, then Staffordshire Moorlands, East Suffolk.