Council tax bands in Cotswold 2026-27
Band D council tax in Cotswold is £2,267.97 a year in 2026-27, about £226.80 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Every band in Cotswold
Council tax in Cotswold runs from £1,511.98 a year for Band A to £4,535.94 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,511.98 | £151.20 | £126.00 | £1,133.99 |
| Band B | £1,763.98 | £176.40 | £147.00 | £1,322.99 |
| Band C | £2,015.97 | £201.60 | £168.00 | £1,511.98 |
| Band D | £2,267.97 | £226.80 | £189.00 | £1,700.98 |
| Band E | £2,771.96 | £277.20 | £231.00 | £2,078.97 |
| Band F | £3,275.96 | £327.60 | £273.00 | £2,456.97 |
| Band G | £3,779.95 | £378.00 | £315.00 | £2,834.96 |
| Band H | £4,535.94 | £453.59 | £377.99 | £3,401.96 |
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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 Cotswold
The most common band in Cotswold is Band C (25% of homes). Detached houses, about 3 in 10 homes here, are most often Band G (29%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (7,120 homes), most often Band C (49%). These are shares of all 46,330 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 | 7.9% |
| Band B | 11.7% |
| Band C | 25% |
| Band D | 16.8% |
| Band E | 14.6% |
| Band F | 11.5% |
| Band G | 10.7% |
| Band H | 1.7% |
Compared with the South West average, there are fewer homes in Bands A and B (20%, against 41%) and more homes in Band F and above (24%, against 9%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | 14,510 | 31% | Band G (29%) |
| Terraced houses | 10,820 | 23% | Band C (44%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 10,500 | 23% | Band C (45%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 5,480 | 12% | Band A (41%) |
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 Cotswold goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Cotswold district council | £163.93 (7%) |
| County council | £1,763.46 (78%) |
| Police | £340.58 (15%) |
Parish and town council charges come on top for homes in their areas.
How council tax in Cotswold has changed
Band D went up by £107.31 (5.0%), from £2,160.66 in 2025-26 to £2,267.97 in 2026-27.
Including parish charges, the average Band D bill went up by £114.95 (5.1%), from £2,276.70 to £2,391.65.
Band D in Cotswold is £184.22 a year below the South West average of £2,452.19, and its 5.0% rise this year was about the middle of the range for councils in the South West (South West average: 5.3%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 15.3%, close to the South West average rise of 16.1%.
Band D in Cotswold is the 4th lowest of 27 councils in the South West, and the 60th 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.
Cotswold and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Cheltenham | £2,356.15 |
| Gloucester | £2,348.17 |
| Tewkesbury | £2,258.40 |
| Stroud | £2,354.39 |
| Swindon | £2,261.72 |
| West Oxfordshire | £2,439.44 |
Similar district councils
Other district councils closest in size to Cotswold (46,330 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Cannock Chase | £2,344.57 | 46,220 |
| Hertsmere | £2,338.12 | 46,000 |
| South Holland | £2,221.02 | 45,660 |
| Rother | £2,576.64 | 47,150 |
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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