West Lindsey Council Tax 2026
East Midlands, England · 46,960 domestic properties
West Lindsey Band D is £2,354.25 for 2026-27, the 215th highest of 350 UK billing authorities (1% above the UK average of £2,337.00).
According to MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, West Lindsey's published Band D Council Tax is £2,354.25 for 2026-27 (NEAR). Competition rank is 215th of 350 (higher than 39% of authorities).
- £2,354.25 Band D · NEAR
- 215th of 350 authorities
- +0.7% vs UK average
According to MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, West Lindsey's Band D Council Tax is £2,354.25 for 2026-27 (NEAR), the 215th highest of 350 UK billing authorities (higher than 39% of them) and 1% above the UK average of £2,337.00.
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. See our methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.
- £2,354.25
- Band D charge · 2026 statutory
- Near the UK average
- +3.27%
- year-on-year vs £2,279.77
- Lower-quarter rise
- +0.7%
- vs UK avg £2,337.00
- £4,708.50
- Band H · 18/9 of Band D
West Lindsey · year-on-year Band D
What changed for West Lindsey
West Lindsey's Band D Council Tax rose from £2,279.77 (2025-26) to £2,354.25 (2026-27). Among 350 billing authorities by percentage rise, it ranks 339.
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 changesMHCLG/VOA position brief
West Lindsey Band D posture in the 2026-27 corpus
Entity-varying stamps from the joined MHCLG, Scottish CTAS and StatsWales extract plus VOA CTSOP stock counts, ABS(charge) peers, not map neighbours.
- £2,354.25 Published Band D 2026-27 NEAR
- 215th of 350 UK authorities 39th percentile
- +3.3% Year-on-year Band D MID
- 46,960 VOA dwellings on list AHEAVY
Band D charge neighbourhood
Published 2026-27 Band D among the nearest pound-gap peers (snapshot 2026-10-02).
Derived position reading
What the West Lindsey Band D figure shows
The published Band D charge of £2,354.25 places West Lindsey 215th out of 350 UK billing authorities when ordered from the highest charge down. That position is derived from the full authority table, rather than from a single quoted comparison. It is 0.7% above the simple UK average of £2,337.00, while the percentile shows that 39% of the recorded authorities have a lower Band D charge.
The more useful local comparison is East Midlands. Here, West Lindsey ranks 26th among 35 billing authorities, against a regional average of £2,457.00. The table of nearby authorities therefore compares published charges in the same geography, not property values or the level of service a household receives. Equal Band D charges share a position, so the ranking does not invent a difference where the underlying values match.
Band D is a statutory reference point, not a bill for every household. Charges for the other bands are calculated from the applicable national ratios, and discounts or exemptions can change an individual bill. This page is best used to understand the current published schedule and how this authority sits within the recorded 2026-27 council-tax corpus.
West Lindsey bands A-H schedule
Per-band charge 2026
Band A–H charge table (2026/2027)
| Band | Annual Charge | Monthly | Sole occupant (−25%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | £1,569.50 | £156.95 | £1,177.13 |
| B | £1,831.08 | £183.11 | £1,373.31 |
| C | £2,092.67 | £209.27 | £1,569.50 |
| D | £2,354.25 | £235.43 | £1,765.69 |
| E | £2,877.42 | £287.74 | £2,158.07 |
| F | £3,400.58 | £340.06 | £2,550.44 |
| G | £3,923.75 | £392.38 | £2,942.81 |
| H | £4,708.50 | £470.85 | £3,531.38 |
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 West Lindsey's 46,960 properties actually pay
Most homes in West Lindsey sit in Band A, the bottom of the valuation list: 17,360 of 46,960 dwellings (37.0%). 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. VOA CTSOP stamp AHEAVY: 73.1% of dwellings here are banded below D.
Stock-weighted average £2,024.88 is £329.37 (14.0%) below Band D £2,354.25 - 246th of 318 authorities with published counts (corpus mean £2,269.00). That places West Lindsey 22nd of the 35 billing authorities in East Midlands, below the regional median of £2,103.94.
West Lindsey property mix · A–C / D / E–H · AHEAVY
Sums to 46,960 VOA dwellings, band mix, not a household bill.
Closest housing-stock shape: Stockton-on-Tees
Stockton-on-Tees is the closest full-distribution match for West Lindsey. The profiles are close rather than identical: 3.7% 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 falls on the reference band itself. Band D contains 13.4% of West Lindsey's stock but 11.5% of Stockton-on-Tees's, so the national headline describes more of the local distribution here.
- A smaller distinction appears in the upper part of the ladder at Band E. West Lindsey places 8.5% of dwellings there versus 7.1% for Stockton-on-Tees, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.
- A smaller distinction sits at lower Band A, where Stockton-on-Tees holds 38.3% of its stock and West Lindsey holds 37.0%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
- A smaller distinction sits at lower Band C, where Stockton-on-Tees holds 18.6% of its stock and West Lindsey holds 17.5%. The peer is more bottom-weighted at this rung of the valuation list.
Other close England matches for West Lindsey: North East Derbyshire (4.7% redistribution distance); Amber Valley (4.9% redistribution distance); King's Lynn & West Norfolk (6.2% redistribution distance); East Staffordshire (6.2% redistribution distance).
| Band | Properties | Share of stock | Annual charge |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 17,360 | 37.0% | £1,569.50 |
| B | 8,750 | 18.6% | £1,831.08 |
| C | 8,240 | 17.5% | £2,092.67 |
| D | 6,310 | 13.4% | £2,354.25 |
| E | 3,980 | 8.5% | £2,877.42 |
| F | 1,700 | 3.6% | £3,400.58 |
| G | 550 | 1.2% | £3,923.75 |
| H | 70 | 0.1% | £4,708.50 |
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
Closest to West Lindsey on stock-weighted charge (AHEAVY) - a different ordering from Band D twins.
- Luton£2,027.22
- North Kesteven£2,023.99
- Kirklees£2,023.21
- Ashfield£2,022.31
- Mansfield£2,021.74
West Lindsey's nearest year-on-year movers · MID
West Lindsey moved Band D from £2,279.77 to £2,354.25 (+3.27%, MID; competition rank 339th of 350). Closest published movements: Charnwood, Melton, South Kesteven.
MID signal for West Lindsey: increase below 4% - slower-moving part of the current dataset.
- Charnwood3.36%
- Melton3.36%
- South Kesteven3.34%
- South Holland3.31%
- Oadby & Wigston3.30%
- Boston3.22%
How West Lindsey compares in East Midlands
Among the 35 billing authorities in East Midlands, West Lindsey's 2026-27 Band D charge of £2,354.25 ranks 26th of 35, higher than 26% of them (£102.75 below the East Midlands average of £2,457.00). Its nearest-charged neighbours in the region:
| Region rank | Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|
| 24th | Hinckley & Bosworth | £2,382.62 |
| 25th | Erewash | £2,360.64 |
| 26th | West Lindsey | £2,354.25 |
| 27th | South Derbyshire | £2,339.61 |
| 28th | Chesterfield | £2,339.49 |
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.
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 West Lindsey: district charge plus county, police, fire where separate, and the average parish precept across the district. For a binding figure consult your West Lindsey Council Tax bill or the official gov.uk Council Tax service. Figures published in 2026 reflect the 2026/2027 financial year only.
UK directories, Band D rollup and band challenge
Charges shown for West Lindsey are the area Band D and statutory band multiples, already including county, police, fire and average parish precepts where they apply.