Council tax bands in Epping Forest 2026-27
Average Band D council tax in Epping Forest, including parish charges, is £2,277.21 a year in 2026-27, about £227.72 a month over 10 payments.
Every home in Epping Forest is in a parish that charges, so no home pays the basic charge of £2,186.91 alone.
Every band in Epping Forest
On average, council tax in Epping Forest runs from £1,518.14 a year for Band A to £4,554.42 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,518.14 | £151.81 | £126.51 | £1,138.61 |
| Band B | £1,771.16 | £177.12 | £147.60 | £1,328.37 |
| Band C | £2,024.19 | £202.42 | £168.68 | £1,518.14 |
| Band D | £2,277.21 | £227.72 | £189.77 | £1,707.91 |
| Band E | £2,783.26 | £278.33 | £231.94 | £2,087.45 |
| Band F | £3,289.30 | £328.93 | £274.11 | £2,466.98 |
| Band G | £3,795.35 | £379.54 | £316.28 | £2,846.51 |
| Band H | £4,554.42 | £455.44 | £379.54 | £3,415.82 |
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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 Epping Forest
The most common band in Epping Forest is Band D (24% of homes). Semi-detached houses, about 2 in 10 homes here, are most often Band D (37%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (10,090 homes), most often Band D (40%). These are shares of all 58,890 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 | 3.6% |
| Band B | 8.9% |
| Band C | 20.5% |
| Band D | 24.2% |
| Band E | 17.6% |
| Band F | 12.2% |
| Band G | 10.8% |
| Band H | 2.2% |
Compared with the East of England average, there are fewer homes in Bands A and B (13%, against 35%) and more homes in Band F and above (25%, against 11%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached houses | 14,350 | 24% | Band D (37%) |
| Terraced houses | 14,240 | 24% | Band D (46%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 13,690 | 23% | Band C (38%) |
| Detached houses | 10,650 | 18% | Band G (49%) |
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 Epping Forest goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Epping Forest district council | £177.12 (8%) |
| County council | £1,641.96 (72%) |
| Police | £275.31 (12%) |
| Fire and rescue | £92.52 (4%) |
| Parish and town councils (average) | £90.30 (4%) |
The parish share is the average across every parish; each parish sets its own.
How council tax in Epping Forest has changed
The average Band D including parish charges went up by £90.52 (4.1%), from £2,186.69 in 2025-26 to £2,277.21 in 2026-27.
Band D in Epping Forest is £57.93 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 13.7%, less than the East of England average rise of 15.0%.
Band D in Epping Forest is the 13th lowest of 45 councils in the East of England, and the 66th 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.
Epping Forest and other councils
Nearby councils
Similar district councils
Other district councils closest in size to Epping Forest (58,890 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | £2,313.24 | 58,800 |
| Test Valley | £2,247.32 | 59,140 |
| Newark and Sherwood | £2,582.04 | 59,160 |
| Ashfield | £2,596.64 | 58,520 |
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).
Finding a home's band
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