Q1: Will my band be increased if I extend my house?

A1: Under current legislation any alterations or extensions that you carry out will not affect the valuation band until the property is sold. You will not incur any additional liability. A representative of the Assessor may re-inspect the property in order to review the banding for future taxpayers.

 

Q2: I have recently moved into a newly built property, how do I find out my band ?

A2: If your house is not shown on the Council Tax Valuation List you should contact the Assessor immediately. He will arrange for the property to be inspected and added to the Council Tax Valuation List as soon as possible and will issue a notice showing the entry in the List.

 

Q3: What can I do if I think that my Council Tax band is too high ?

A3: Contact the Assessor's department and you will be advised of your rights of Appeal. You may download a proposal form and guidance notes from this site by clicking the link below.

C T Proposal Form GO >> (Opens in a new window)

 

Q4: How much will I be asked to pay for my Council Tax ?

A4: The Council's Revenues and Benefits department determines the actual amount of Council Tax payable in respect of each property.

 

Q5: What does each band refer to in terms of capital value ?

A5: The banding reflects the figure at which the property might have been expected to sell in the open market on 1st April 1991, having taken into consideration the assumptions set out in the legislation which established the Council Tax. See the list of Council Tax Bands for the current capital value levels.

Council Tax Bands

 

Q6: I paid less ( or more ) for my house than the band it has been put into. Is the banding wrong ?

A6: Your band is not normally based solely on any individual sale price. It is based on an examination of the prices of all comparable houses sold on or about 1st April 1991.

 

Q7: How can my house be valued at 1991 prices when it was not built then ?

A7: The legislation requires that all houses must appear in the Council Tax Valuation List showing the band in which they would fall had they been in existence at 1st April 1991.

 

Q8: Will there be a Council Tax revaluation ?

A8: The date of a Council Tax Revaluation is determined by the Government and, as yet, no date has been fixed.