Council tax bands in New Forest 2026-27
Band D council tax in New Forest is £2,285.33 a year in 2026-27, about £228.53 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Every band in New Forest
Council tax in New Forest runs from £1,523.55 a year for Band A to £4,570.66 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,523.55 | £152.35 | £126.96 | £1,142.66 |
| Band B | £1,777.48 | £177.75 | £148.12 | £1,333.11 |
| Band C | £2,031.40 | £203.14 | £169.28 | £1,523.55 |
| Band D | £2,285.33 | £228.53 | £190.44 | £1,714.00 |
| Band E | £2,793.18 | £279.32 | £232.77 | £2,094.88 |
| Band F | £3,301.03 | £330.10 | £275.09 | £2,475.77 |
| Band G | £3,808.88 | £380.89 | £317.41 | £2,856.66 |
| Band H | £4,570.66 | £457.07 | £380.89 | £3,428.00 |
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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 New Forest
The most common band in New Forest is Band D (23% of homes). Detached houses, about 3 in 10 homes here, are most often Band E (32%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (10,890 homes), mostly Band C (56%). These are shares of all 83,690 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 | 8.8% |
| Band B | 14.6% |
| Band C | 21.9% |
| Band D | 23.3% |
| Band E | 16.4% |
| Band F | 8.6% |
| Band G | 5.6% |
| Band H | 0.7% |
Compared with the South East average, there are about the same share in Bands A and B (23%, against 25%) and about the same share in Band F and above (15%, against 15%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | 22,500 | 27% | Band E (32%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 15,380 | 18% | Band C (51%) |
| Terraced houses | 13,860 | 17% | Band C (41%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 12,320 | 15% | Band A (37%) |
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 New Forest goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| New Forest district council | £211.92 (9%) |
| County council | £1,690.11 (74%) |
| Police | £290.46 (13%) |
| Fire and rescue | £92.84 (4%) |
Parish and town council charges come on top for homes in their areas.
How council tax in New Forest has changed
Band D went up by £106.43 (4.9%), from £2,178.90 in 2025-26 to £2,285.33 in 2026-27.
Including parish charges, the average Band D bill went up by £116.39 (5.1%), from £2,303.37 to £2,419.76.
Band D in New Forest is £139.96 a year below the South East average of £2,425.29, and its 4.9% rise this year was about the middle of the range for councils in the South East (South East average: 4.8%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 15.1%, close to the South East average rise of 15.3%.
Band D in New Forest is the 9th lowest of 64 councils in the South East, and the 68th 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.
New Forest and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Southampton | £2,381.48 |
| Eastleigh | £2,342.21 |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | £2,435.58 |
| Fareham | £2,270.55 |
| Isle of Wight | £2,625.79 |
| Gosport | £2,344.29 |
Similar district councils
Other district councils closest in size to New Forest (83,690 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Huntingdonshire | £2,398.80 | 84,700 |
| Chelmsford | £2,244.64 | 82,430 |
| Basingstoke and Deane | £2,224.83 | 82,400 |
| West Suffolk | £2,245.86 | 85,010 |
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
Each home's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency. You can look up any home's band on GOV.UK.
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