Council tax bands in Cheshire East 2026-27
Band D council tax in Cheshire East is £2,371.48 a year in 2026-27, about £237.15 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Every band in Cheshire East
Council tax in Cheshire East runs from £1,580.99 a year for Band A to £4,742.96 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,580.99 | £158.10 | £131.75 | £1,185.74 |
| Band B | £1,844.48 | £184.45 | £153.71 | £1,383.36 |
| Band C | £2,107.98 | £210.80 | £175.67 | £1,580.99 |
| Band D | £2,371.48 | £237.15 | £197.62 | £1,778.61 |
| Band E | £2,898.48 | £289.85 | £241.54 | £2,173.86 |
| Band F | £3,425.47 | £342.55 | £285.46 | £2,569.10 |
| Band G | £3,952.47 | £395.25 | £329.37 | £2,964.35 |
| Band H | £4,742.96 | £474.30 | £395.25 | £3,557.22 |
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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 Cheshire East
The most common band in Cheshire East is Band B (21% of homes). Detached houses, about 3 in 10 homes here, are most often Band E (29%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (35,610 homes), most often Band C (46%). These are shares of all 192,850 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 | 16.5% |
| Band B | 20.6% |
| Band C | 19.7% |
| Band D | 14.8% |
| Band E | 12.4% |
| Band F | 8.1% |
| Band G | 6.9% |
| Band H | 1% |
Compared with the North West average, there are fewer homes in Bands A and B (37%, against 60%) and more homes in Band F and above (16%, against 5%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | 56,900 | 30% | Band E (29%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 49,580 | 26% | Band C (39%) |
| Terraced houses | 43,000 | 22% | Band B (37%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 22,100 | 12% | Band A (53%) |
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 Cheshire East goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Cheshire East council | £1,975.95 (83%) |
| Police | £295.44 (12%) |
| Fire and rescue | £100.09 (4%) |
£37.64 of the council's own Band D share in 2026-27 is the adult social care precept (MHCLG).
Parish and town council charges come on top for homes in their areas.
How council tax in Cheshire East has changed
Band D went up by £117.41 (5.2%), from £2,254.07 in 2025-26 to £2,371.48 in 2026-27.
Including parish charges, the average Band D bill went up by £122.26 (5.2%), from £2,332.61 to £2,454.87.
Band D in Cheshire East is £90.35 a year below the North West average of £2,461.83, and its 5.2% rise this year was bigger than most councils in the North West (North West average: 5.3%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 15.9%, close to the North West average rise of 16.2%.
Band D in Cheshire East is the 6th lowest of 35 councils in the North West, and the 137th 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.
Cheshire East and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | £2,313.24 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | £2,183.12 |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | £2,338.21 |
| Stockport | £2,618.90 |
| Cheshire West and Chester | £2,470.56 |
| Trafford | £2,289.79 |
Similar unitary councils
Other unitary councils closest in size to Cheshire East (192,850 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | £2,435.58 | 190,630 |
| Dorset | £2,625.43 | 188,900 |
| West Northamptonshire | £2,379.31 | 187,610 |
| Bristol | £2,713.68 | 214,470 |
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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