North Norfolk Council Tax 2026

How to read this stock pattern

North Norfolk'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 68.2% 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.

North Norfolk 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.

North Norfolk 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: Cornwall

Cornwall is an exceptionally close stock-shape match for North Norfolk: 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 A, where Cornwall holds 23.0% of its stock and North Norfolk holds 21.5%. 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 F. North Norfolk places 4.4% of dwellings there versus 3.4% for Cornwall, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.
• A smaller distinction falls on the reference band itself. Band D contains 16.2% of North Norfolk's stock but 15.7% of Cornwall's, so the national headline describes more of the local distribution here.
• A smaller distinction sits at lower Band C, where Cornwall holds 21.4% of its stock and North Norfolk holds 21.0%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.

How the wider profile compares

Show every band direction

• Band A leans toward Cornwall
• Band B is closely balanced
• Band C is closely balanced
• Band D leans toward North Norfolk
• Band E is closely balanced
• Band F leans toward North Norfolk
• 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 North Norfolk: East Suffolk (2.8% redistribution distance); North Devon (3.1% redistribution distance); Exeter (3.3% redistribution distance); North Warwickshire (3.5% redistribution distance). Ranked across every published band in the England valuation system, this shortlist shows whether Cornwall stands alone or sits in a cluster of similarly shaped authorities.