Council tax bands in Ashford 2026-27
Band D council tax in Ashford is £2,342.93 a year in 2026-27, about £234.29 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Every band in Ashford
Council tax in Ashford runs from £1,561.95 a year for Band A to £4,685.86 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,561.95 | £156.20 | £130.16 | £1,171.46 |
| Band B | £1,822.28 | £182.23 | £151.86 | £1,366.71 |
| Band C | £2,082.60 | £208.26 | £173.55 | £1,561.95 |
| Band D | £2,342.93 | £234.29 | £195.24 | £1,757.20 |
| Band E | £2,863.58 | £286.36 | £238.63 | £2,147.69 |
| Band F | £3,384.23 | £338.42 | £282.02 | £2,538.17 |
| Band G | £3,904.88 | £390.49 | £325.41 | £2,928.66 |
| Band H | £4,685.86 | £468.59 | £390.49 | £3,514.39 |
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How bands work: every band is a fixed fraction of Band D, set in law (Band A is 6/9 of Band D and Band H 18/9), rounded here to the penny. A home's band comes from its value on 1 April 1991: Band A up to £40,000, Band H over £320,000. Payments are the yearly charge divided by 10 or 12. Other bands may differ by a penny from your council's table because of how councils round.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, local authority level data (Table 10, Data_Billing), published 25 March 2026.
Homes by band in Ashford
The most common band in Ashford is Band B (23% of homes). Detached houses, about 2 in 10 homes here, are most often Band F (36%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (9,340 homes), most often Band C (45%). These are shares of all 59,760 homes on the list, not the band of any one home: a home's own band is on GOV.UK.
| Band | Share of homes |
|---|---|
| Band A | 7.4% |
| Band B | 23.4% |
| Band C | 23.1% |
| Band D | 17.3% |
| Band E | 12% |
| Band F | 10.5% |
| Band G | 6% |
| Band H | 0.4% |
Compared with the South East average, there are more homes in Bands A and B (31%, against 25%) and about the same share in Band F and above (17%, against 15%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | 14,700 | 25% | Band F (36%) |
| Terraced houses | 14,690 | 25% | Band B (42%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 13,520 | 23% | Band C (44%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 8,600 | 14% | Band B (56%) |
Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, 31 March 2026 (CTSOP3.0, band by property type), published 24 September 2026. VOA counts are rounded to the nearest 10; property types with fewer than 500 homes are not shown.
Where Band D council tax in Ashford goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Ashford district council | £199.37 (9%) |
| County council | £1,758.60 (75%) |
| Police | £285.15 (12%) |
| Fire and rescue | £99.81 (4%) |
Parish and town council charges come on top for homes in their areas.
How council tax in Ashford has changed
Band D went up by £93.15 (4.1%), from £2,249.78 in 2025-26 to £2,342.93 in 2026-27.
Including parish charges, the average Band D bill went up by £98.97 (4.3%), from £2,311.19 to £2,410.16.
Band D in Ashford is £82.36 a year below the South East average of £2,425.29, and its 4.1% rise this year was smaller than most councils in the South East (South East average: 4.8%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 14.4%, close to the South East average rise of 15.3%.
Band D in Ashford is the 16th lowest of 64 councils in the South East, and the 111th lowest of 296 councils in England, ranked by the Band D figure on each council's page.
Averages are weighted by number of homes and use each council's Band D as shown on its page.
Ashford and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Folkestone and Hythe | £2,440.65 |
| Maidstone | £2,454.24 |
| Swale | £2,356.32 |
| Tunbridge Wells | £2,360.66 |
| Canterbury | £2,397.99 |
| Rother | £2,576.64 |
Similar district councils
Other district councils closest in size to Ashford (59,760 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Winchester | £2,267.51 | 59,760 |
| Newark and Sherwood | £2,582.04 | 59,160 |
| Test Valley | £2,247.32 | 59,140 |
| North Hertfordshire | £2,413.98 | 60,500 |
Band D as shown on each council's page: the basic charge, or where no home pays that alone, Band D including special expenses or the average including parish charges. Similar councils are the same type of council, nearest in number of homes (Valuation Office Agency, 31 March 2026).
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