PlainCouncilTax Tools

Interactive tools for understanding UK Council Tax in 2025/26.

• Council Directory — paginated list of UK billing authorities; click any council for the full Band A-H schedule.
• Band Lookup — the eight Council Tax bands explained with multipliers; click any band for cross-council comparison.
• Side-by-Side Comparison — every UK council sorted by Band D 2025, with year-on-year change.
• Rankings — top 10s for highest charges, biggest year-on-year increases, and Band H leaders.
• Band Challenge Procedure — step-by-step guide to challenging your Council Tax band with the VOA.

Every tool uses live SSR queries against the PlainCouncilTax SQLite snapshot. No values are hardcoded into pages.