What council tax band is my property?
Council tax bands are set by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) based on estimated property values as of 1 April 1991 — not current market value. Leeds City Council then sets the annual charge for each band.
Leeds rates for 2026/27#
| Band | 1991 value | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Up to £40,000 | £1,522.49 | £126.87 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,776.23 | £148.02 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,029.98 | £169.16 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,283.73 | £190.31 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,791.23 | £232.60 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,298.72 | £274.89 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £3,806.22 | £317.19 |
| H | Over £320,000 | £4,567.46 | £380.62 |
Rates change annually — check Leeds Council Tax for the latest figures.
Check your band#
Our Council Tax Bands page lists the band for every property on the Skelton Gate estate, sourced from the VOA. You can filter by postcode, street, or band to find your property quickly.
If your property isn’t listed yet, use the government’s Check your Council Tax band tool as a fallback.
Just moved in and no band yet?#
New builds often aren’t banded immediately — the VOA can take 6–12 months to assign a band after you move in. Two things to do in the meantime:
- Register with the council anyway — register for council tax as soon as you move in; you won’t be billed until the band is set.
- Put the money aside — when the band arrives, your first bill is backdated to your move-in date. Check what identical homes pay on our Council Tax Bands page and set aside that monthly amount from day one, so the catch-up bill isn’t a shock.
Think your band is wrong?#
It’s worth checking, particularly for new-build properties, which are sometimes assigned a provisional band. The process is:
- Check comparable properties — our Council Tax Bands page includes the house model for each property. Filter by your model to see what band other identical homes on the estate have been assigned. If yours is higher than properties of the same type, you may have grounds to challenge.
- Contact the VOA — start a formal Check at gov.uk/challenge-council-tax-band. This is free and done online.
- Challenge and Appeal — if the VOA doesn’t agree after the Check stage, you can escalate to a formal Challenge, and beyond that to an independent Appeal.
Timing matters. If you’ve been paying council tax on the property for less than 6 months, you can submit a formal challenge outright; after that you’ll need supporting evidence for the Check stage — so if the band looks wrong, act soon after moving in. Decisions officially take around 28 days, but residents have waited up to a year, so don’t read anything into a long silence.
Important: a challenge can move your band down, but the VOA can also review similar properties and move bands up — including your neighbours’. This has genuinely happened locally: one band review ended with a property moving up several bands and a four-figure backdated bill. Compare carefully before proceeding.
New residents moving into a property are one of the most common triggers for a band review, so it’s a reasonable thing to check when you first move in.
MoneySavingExpert’s council tax band guide walks through the comparison checks in more detail.