Council tax · West Midlands · 2026-27

Council tax bands in Bromsgrove

Bromsgrove is a billing authority in West Midlands. Band-D Council Tax for 2026-27 is £2,479 per year — that's the headline rate the bands above and below scale from.

Council tax by band in Bromsgrove (2026-27)

Every band is a fixed proportion of the Band-D charge (£2,479), so here's the full ladder for Bromsgrove — your exact bill can vary slightly with any parish or town precept.

BandCouncil tax (2026-27)
Band A £1,652 per year
Band B £1,928 per year
Band C (most common) £2,203 per year
Band D £2,479 per year
Band E £3,029 per year
Band F £3,580 per year
Band G £4,131 per year
Band H £4,957 per year

Derived from the 2026-27 Band-D charge using the statutory band proportions (sixths-to-eighteenths of Band D). Source: gov.uk (MHCLG) (Open Government Licence v3.0).

£2,479
Band-D charge, 2026-27
43,020
Domestic properties
Band C
Most common band — 21.5% of homes
27.3%
Of local challenges won a lower band

Band distribution in Bromsgrove

There are 43,020 domestic properties in Bromsgrove , with Band C the most common (21.5% of homes).

Properties by council tax band

Bromsgrove Most common England & Wales avg

Source: VOA Council Tax Stock of Properties, March 2024 (Open Government Licence v3.0). Dashed markers show the England & Wales average for each band.

BandProperties% in BromsgroveEngland & Wales avg
Band A 3,930 9.1% 23.3%
Band B 7,460 17.3% 19.6%
Band C (most common) 9,270 21.5% 21.9%
Band D 8,030 18.7% 15.7%
Band E 7,180 16.7% 10%
Band F 3,830 8.9% 5.4%
Band G 2,930 6.8% 3.5%
Band H 380 0.9% 0.6%

How Bromsgrove compares to the national average

The bands that diverge most from the England & Wales average:

Band A
9.1%
−14.2 pp
Band E
16.7%
+6.7 pp
Band F
8.9%
+3.5 pp
Band G
6.8%
+3.3 pp

Bars scaled to a 50% axis. National averages: VOA stock, March 2024.

Council tax challenges in Bromsgrove

Valuation Office records show 30 successful band challenges in Bromsgrove in 2023-24. At an estimated £275 saved per year for each home moved one band lower, that's roughly £8,250 a year taken off local bills — and a home still in too high a band keeps overpaying every year until it's fixed.

In Bromsgrove, 110 band challenges were resolved in 2023-24 , 27.3% of them resulting in a band reduction. Separately, 30 homes in Bromsgrove were moved to a lower band last year through all corrections (a different count to challenges — not directly comparable).

Challenging rarely backfires. Across England & Wales, of the band reviews the Valuation Office resolved in 2023-24, about 41% ended in a lower band and fewer than 1% went up — the route BandCheck uses.

Source: VOA Council Tax: Challenges and Changes, 2023-24 (Open Government Licence v3.0). £ figure is an estimate — successful reductions × the one-band-lower saving; the actual amount per home varies by band.

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How to challenge your band in Bromsgrove

Run the free check above first — it tells you whether the evidence actually supports a challenge, at no cost. If it does, the optional £4.99 appeal pack assembles a pre-filled Band Review email body, an evidence appendix listing comparable properties with sale prices from HM Land Registry, and (if you've moved in within the last six months) a pre-filled Council Tax Proposal Form (VO 7455 in England / Wales) you sign and post / email yourself. It's fully refunded if the Valuation Office rejects your challenge — just send us their written decision within 60 days.

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