Wychavon Council Tax 2026
West Midlands, England · 62,480 domestic properties
According to MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, Wychavon's Band D Council Tax is £2,373.19 for 2026-27, the 204th highest of 350 UK billing authorities (higher than 42% of them) and 2% above the UK average of £2,337.00. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Sutton, Flintshire, Cannock Chase, Dartford, then Milton Keynes, Cheltenham. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Derbyshire Dales, Wiltshire, Stroud, Bath & North East Somerset.
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 Sutton, Flintshire, Cannock Chase, Dartford, then Milton Keynes, Cheltenham. See our methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.
- £2,373.19
- Band D charge · 2026 statutory
- Near the UK average
- +7.82%
- year-on-year vs £2,200.98
- Among the steepest rises
- +1.5%
- vs UK avg £2,337.00
- £4,746.38
- Band H · 18/9 of Band D
Nearest published Band D rates sit with Sutton, Flintshire, Cannock Chase, Dartford, then Milton Keynes, Cheltenham. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Derbyshire Dales, Wiltshire, Stroud, Bath & North East Somerset. Open Sutton for the closest published Band D on the same vintage.
Wychavon · year-on-year Band D
What changed for Wychavon
Wychavon's Band D Council Tax rose from £2,200.98 (2025-26) to £2,373.19 (2026-27). Among 350 billing authorities by percentage rise, it ranks 20.
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 changesWychavon bands A-H schedule
Per-band charge 2026
Wychavon's nearest Band D charges nationwide
Wychavon is 204th of 350 on the national Band D list at £2,373.19. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Sutton, Flintshire, Cannock Chase, Dartford, then Milton Keynes, Cheltenham. The six closest published 2026-27 rates, led by Sutton, 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 West Midlands ranking further down when you care about local neighbours, and the stock-weighted average when you care what most of Wychavon's 62,480 dwellings actually pay. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Derbyshire Dales, Wiltshire, Stroud, Bath & North East Somerset.
| Council | Band D | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Sutton | £2,378.64 | +£5.45 |
| Flintshire | £2,376.17 | +£2.98 |
| Cannock Chase | £2,375.83 | +£2.64 |
| Dartford | £2,375.15 | +£1.96 |
| Milton Keynes | £2,372.21 | −£0.98 |
| Cheltenham | £2,369.52 | −£3.67 |
Band A–H charge table (2026/2027)
| Band | Annual Charge | Monthly | Sole occupant (−25%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | £1,582.13 | £158.21 | £1,186.60 |
| B | £1,845.81 | £184.58 | £1,384.36 |
| C | £2,109.50 | £210.95 | £1,582.13 |
| D | £2,373.19 | £237.32 | £1,779.89 |
| E | £2,900.57 | £290.06 | £2,175.43 |
| F | £3,427.94 | £342.79 | £2,570.96 |
| G | £3,955.32 | £395.53 | £2,966.49 |
| H | £4,746.38 | £474.64 | £3,559.79 |
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 Wychavon's 62,480 properties actually pay
Wychavon's housing stock peaks below the reference point, in Band C, which covers 14,680 of 62,480 dwellings (23.5%). A Band C home is charged at eight-ninths of the Band D rate, which is why the typical bill here lands under the headline figure. It takes 3 bands — B, C, D — to cover half the stock, a wider spread than most authorities show. 54.4% 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 £2,433.50 per dwelling, £60.31 (2.5%) above the £2,373.19 Band D headline. On that measure Wychavon is 86th of 318 authorities with published stock counts, against a £2,269.00 average. That places Wychavon 6th of the 30 billing authorities in West Midlands, above the regional median of £2,132.00.
How to read this stock pattern
Wychavon'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 54.4% 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.
Wychavon 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.
Wychavon sits in the upper quarter of West Midlands on the stock-weighted ordering, above the regional median of £2,132.00. This narrows the comparison from a UK rank to authorities facing the same broad regional context, while still correcting each one for its different band mix. The placement says the council's average published stock is relatively costly within that peer set; it does not convert the mean into an individual household charge.
Closest housing-stock shape: Malvern Hills
Malvern Hills is the closest full-distribution match for Wychavon. The profiles are close rather than identical: 3.3% 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 at reference Band D: its share is 13.7% in Wychavon and 15.5% in Malvern Hills. The familiar benchmark represents a larger slice of the peer's housing stock.
- A smaller distinction appears in the upper part of the ladder at Band G. Wychavon places 7.8% of dwellings there versus 6.6% for Malvern Hills, giving this profile the heavier upper-band tail at that point.
- A smaller distinction is an upper-band difference at Band E. Malvern Hills records 13.8% of dwellings there, compared with 12.6% in Wychavon, so the peer carries more of its stock at that higher rung.
- A smaller distinction is lower on the ladder at Band A: Wychavon has 11.5% of dwellings there, against 10.5% in Malvern Hills. That extra lower-band weight pulls its stock profile away from the peer.
How the wider profile compares
Wychavon has the stronger combined lower-band tilt: Bands A to C account for 1.3% more of its stock than they do in Malvern Hills. The nearest match still leaves that bottom-of-ladder difference visible.
Across Bands E and above the combined shares differ by 0.5%. As with the lower bands, this net comparison does not erase any opposing gaps between individual upper bands.
Both profiles peak in Band C, so the peer match agrees on the most common valuation group as well as the full-distribution distance. The band-by-band gaps above show why a shared mode does not make the profiles interchangeable.
Band H is the most stable point in the comparison, with shares of 0.4% 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 Wychavon
- Band B is closely balanced
- Band C leans toward Wychavon
- Band D leans toward Malvern Hills
- Band E leans toward Malvern Hills
- Band F is closely balanced
- Band G leans toward Wychavon
- Band H is closely balanced
This sequence is read from the lowest published band to the highest.
Other close England matches for Wychavon: Derbyshire Dales (6.7% redistribution distance); Wiltshire (6.9% redistribution distance); Stroud (7.2% redistribution distance); Bath & North East Somerset (7.2% redistribution distance). Ranked across every published band in the England valuation system, this shortlist shows whether Malvern Hills stands alone or sits in a cluster of similarly shaped authorities.
| Band | Properties | Share of stock | Annual charge |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 7,190 | 11.5% | £1,582.13 |
| B | 12,110 | 19.4% | £1,845.81 |
| C | 14,680 | 23.5% | £2,109.50 |
| D | 8,590 | 13.7% | £2,373.19 |
| E | 7,900 | 12.6% | £2,900.57 |
| F | 6,910 | 11.1% | £3,427.94 |
| G | 4,860 | 7.8% | £3,955.32 |
| H | 240 | 0.4% | £4,746.38 |
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 Wychavon 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.
- Harborough£2,438.09
- Ribble Valley£2,432.37
- Stroud£2,432.09
- Isle of Wight£2,431.18
- Bromley£2,430.66
Wychavon's nearest year-on-year movers
Wychavon moved Band D from £2,200.98 to £2,373.19 (+7.82%, competition rank 20th of 350). The closest published movements sit with Trafford, Wyre Forest, Inverclyde.
Steep-rise signal for Wychavon: the increase is at least 7%, so the movement cohort, not councils with a similar current charge, is the sharper budget-change comparison.
- Trafford7.97%
- Wyre Forest7.95%
- Inverclyde7.90%
- West Dunbartonshire7.80%
- Dundee City7.75%
- Worcester7.69%
How Wychavon compares in West Midlands
Among the 30 billing authorities in West Midlands, Wychavon's 2026-27 Band D charge of £2,373.19 ranks 17th of 30, higher than 43% of them (£26.81 below the West Midlands average of £2,400.00). Its nearest-charged neighbours in the region:
| Region rank | Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|
| 15th | Worcester | £2,405.81 |
| 16th | Cannock Chase | £2,375.83 |
| 17th | Wychavon | £2,373.19 |
| 18th | Birmingham | £2,362.90 |
| 19th | Lichfield | £2,351.90 |
Regional rank out of 30 West Midlands billing authorities by 2026-27 Band D charge (1 = dearest). See the full UK ranking or the complete directory.
Questions answered from Wychavon's data
These answers use Wychavon's £2,373.19 Band D rate, the England statutory multipliers, and the VOA stock mix (modal Band C, 54.4% below D).
Is Wychavon Council Tax above the UK average?
Wychavon's 2026-27 Band D rate is £2,373.19, 1.5% above the UK average of £2,337.00. It has competition rank 204th of 350, with equal charges sharing a rank. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Sutton, Flintshire, Cannock Chase, Dartford, then Milton Keynes, Cheltenham.
Which councils have charges closest to Wychavon?
The closest published Band D rates are Sutton (£2,378.64), Flintshire (£2,376.17), Cannock Chase (£2,375.83), Dartford (£2,375.15), Milton Keynes (£2,372.21), Cheltenham (£2,369.52). The comparison table above shows the six nearest authorities and the exact difference from Wychavon.
What is the average Council Tax bill in Wychavon?
Across Wychavon's 62,480 domestic properties, the stock-weighted average charge is £2,433.50 for 2026-27. That is £60.31 above the £2,373.19 Band D rate, because the most common band here is Band C (23.5% of the stock) and 54.4% of dwellings are banded below D. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Derbyshire Dales, Wiltshire, Stroud, Bath & North East Somerset. Property counts are from the VOA 2025 stock release; the weighting is our calculation.
How did Wychavon Council Tax change for 2026-27?
Band D moved from £2,200.98 to £2,373.19, a 7.82% rise. Its competition rank by annual increase is 20th of 350; the closest movements include Trafford, Wyre Forest, Inverclyde.
Advice boundary for Wychavon
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 Wychavon: district charge plus county, police, fire where separate, and the average parish precept across the district. Nearest published Band D rates sit with Sutton, Flintshire, Cannock Chase, Dartford, then Milton Keynes, Cheltenham. Closest published housing-stock shapes include Derbyshire Dales, Wiltshire, Stroud, Bath & North East Somerset. For a binding figure consult your Wychavon 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 Wychavon 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 Sutton, Flintshire, Cannock Chase, Dartford, then Milton Keynes, Cheltenham.