Council tax bands in Brentwood 2026-27
Band D council tax in Brentwood is £2,233.28 a year in 2026-27, about £223.33 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Homes in Brentwood's parish or town council areas pay a little more.
Every band in Brentwood
Council tax in Brentwood runs from £1,488.85 a year for Band A to £4,466.56 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,488.85 | £148.89 | £124.07 | £1,116.64 |
| Band B | £1,737.00 | £173.70 | £144.75 | £1,302.75 |
| Band C | £1,985.14 | £198.51 | £165.43 | £1,488.86 |
| Band D | £2,233.28 | £223.33 | £186.11 | £1,674.96 |
| Band E | £2,729.56 | £272.96 | £227.46 | £2,047.17 |
| Band F | £3,225.85 | £322.58 | £268.82 | £2,419.39 |
| Band G | £3,722.13 | £372.21 | £310.18 | £2,791.60 |
| Band H | £4,466.56 | £446.66 | £372.21 | £3,349.92 |
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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 Brentwood
The most common band in Brentwood is Band D (25% of homes). Flats, about 3 in 10 homes here, are most often Band C (34%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (5,560 homes), mostly Band D (52%). These are shares of all 35,580 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 | 2% |
| Band B | 8.6% |
| Band C | 20.1% |
| Band D | 24.7% |
| Band E | 18.3% |
| Band F | 13% |
| Band G | 11.5% |
| Band H | 1.9% |
Compared with the East of England average, there are fewer homes in Bands A and B (11%, against 35%) and more homes in Band F and above (26%, against 11%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flats and maisonettes | 9,040 | 25% | Band C (34%) |
| Detached houses | 8,190 | 23% | Band G (42%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 7,970 | 22% | Band D (45%) |
| Terraced houses | 5,860 | 17% | Band C (50%) |
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 Brentwood goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Brentwood district council | £223.49 (10%) |
| County council | £1,641.96 (74%) |
| Police | £275.31 (12%) |
| Fire and rescue | £92.52 (4%) |
Parish and town council charges come on top for homes in their areas.
How council tax in Brentwood has changed
Band D went up by £88.75 (4.1%), from £2,144.53 in 2025-26 to £2,233.28 in 2026-27.
Band D in Brentwood is £101.86 a year below the East of England average of £2,335.14, and its 4.1% rise this year was smaller than most councils in the East of England (East of England average: 4.7%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 13.5%, less than the East of England average rise of 15.0%.
Band D in Brentwood is the 5th lowest of 45 councils in the East of England, and the 40th 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.
Brentwood and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Havering | £2,424.66 |
| Epping Forest | £2,277.21 |
| Basildon | £2,314.35 |
| Thurrock | £2,254.68 |
| Barking and Dagenham | £2,198.51 |
| Redbridge | £2,294.58 |
Similar district councils
Other district councils closest in size to Brentwood (35,580 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Derbyshire Dales | £2,367.37 | 35,920 |
| Tamworth | £2,300.76 | 35,230 |
| Torridge | £2,505.06 | 35,170 |
| Gosport | £2,344.29 | 37,920 |
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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