Where your Council Tax goes
Your yearly Council Tax charge is based on:
- the area you live in, known as the parish
- the valuation of your property, known as its banding
Our budget and spending
Learn more about your Council Tax and the services we deliver for you:
Your Guide to Cotswold District Council Spending in 2024 to 2025 - pdf - 3.50 Mb
Council Tax charges 2024 to 2025
|
Distribution of Council tax |
Band A |
Band B |
Band C |
Band D |
Band E |
Band F |
Band G |
Band H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Cotswold District Council |
£102.62 |
£119.72 |
£136.83 |
£153.93 |
£188.14 |
£222.34 |
£256.55 |
£307.86 |
|
Glos County Council |
£1066.55 |
£1244.30 |
£1422.06 |
£1599.82 |
£1955.34 |
£2310.85 |
£2666.37 |
£3199.64 |
|
Glos Police Authority |
£205.39 |
£239.62 |
£273.85 |
£308.08 |
£376.54 |
£445.00 |
£513.47 |
£616.16 |
|
Town/Parish Council (average)* |
£71.96 |
£83.95 |
£95.95 |
£107.94 |
£131.93 |
£155.91 |
£179.90 |
£215.88 |
|
Total |
£1446.52 |
£1687.59 |
£1928.69 |
£2169.77 |
£2651.95 |
£3134.10 |
£3616.29 |
£4339.54 |
*Parish amounts are based on the average charge, you may pay more or less than the sums shown depending on where you live.
For your exact Council Tax charge see your Council Tax bill.
District Council funding
We use our share of the Council Tax collected to help pay for a variety of services. These include:
- planning
- bins and recycling collection
- street cleaning
- leisure centres
- environmental health
- building control
- housing services
- administration of benefits
The Council Tax we collect does not pay for the full cost of local services. The rest of our funding comes from:
- central government grants
- redistributed business rates
- interest income
- various fees and charges
- other grants and contributions
- savings