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Council Tax Property Bands

Council Tax Property Bands

Each dwelling is billed for Council Tax, whether it is a house, bungalow, flat, maisonette, mobile home or house boat, and whether it is owned or rented. Each property is allocated to one of eight bands according to it's market value on 1st April 1991.

The Valuation list will show only the band to which your home has been allocated, not its actual value. If you would like to find out the Council Tax banding of a specific property in England and Wales you may refer to the Valuation Office Agency's website. The listing officer at the Valuation Office Agency carries out valuations.

The Valuation Agency is part of the Inland Revenue and not your local council. Any dispute regarding your Council Tax banding must therefore be discussed with the Valuation Office Agency.

Houses, flats, bungalows and maisonettes all count as dwellings provided that they are at least partly used for domestic purposes. And if part of the property - for example, an annex - is entirely separate and self-contained, that, too, will count as a separate dwelling in its own right. Mobile homes and houseboats also count as dwellings if they are someone's main home.

Certain other properties, however, such as houses occupied by more than one household who share cooking and washing facilities (for example, groups of bed-sits or some hostels) will generally only be treated as one dwelling. Properties in band D will pay the basic charge and properties in other bands will be charged proportionately.

The individual charges for the King's Lynn Parish are outlined in the table below:

Valuation Band	Value of Property	Kings Lynn Parish
		2010 - 2011
A	Less than £40,000	£992.01
B	£40,000 - £52,000	£1,157.34
C	£52,000 - £68,000	£1,322.68
D	£68,000 - £88,000	£1,488.01
E	£88,000 - £120,000	£1,818.68
F	£120,000 - £160,000	£2,149.34
G	£160,000 - £320,000	£2,480.02
H	More than £320,000	£2,976.02

For further information on this years Council Tax charges for all other parishes, please visit our Council Tax 2010/2011 page.

Lower Band for Disabled

Your bill may be reduced if a permanently disabled person (whether an adult or child) lives in the dwelling. The relief is equivalent to reducing the valuation band to the one below and ensures that disabled people do not pay more because of a need for extra space. For further information see Disabled Relief.

Appeals

You should appeal to the Norwich Valuation Office. An appeal takes the form of a proposal to have your dwelling placed in a different valuation band and must be made in writing.

Normally, you can appeal if you are:

The person liable to pay the council tax;
The person who would be liable if the dwelling were not exempt;
The owner of the dwelling.

Council Tax payers may appeal to the Valuation Office against the banding on their property:

When a property is demolished
When a home is converted into flats
When physical changes in the area affect the value of a property.

You can also appeal within six months of:

A valuation change to your property made by the Listing Officer
A valuation band change to a similar property to yours as a result of a Valuation Tribunal decision, or becoming the new tax payer

Making an appeal does not allow you to withhold payment of the council tax owing in the meantime, and you should continue to pay your bill while your appeal is outstanding.

If your appeal is successful, future payments will be reduced and any overpayments refunded.

You can contact the Valuation Office Agency in the following ways:

The Listing Officer

Rosebery Court

Central Avenue

St Andrews Business Park

Norwich

Norfolk

NR7 0HS

Telephone: 01603 241000

Fax: 01603 241099

Website: The Valuation Agency