Guidance

Council Tax band challenge form

Fill in and send this form to the Valuation Office Agency to challenge your Council Tax band.

Applies to England and Wales

Before you challenge

You must be able to prove that you:

  • are the owner or occupier of the property
  • have permission to represent the owner or occupier

If you are submitting the challenge on behalf of someone else, you must also fill in an authority to act form and send both forms to the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) together. If you do not send both forms together, your challenge may be marked as invalid.

You can also submit a Council Tax band challenge online, unless you are submitting a challenge on behalf of someone else.

If you want to add a property to the Council Tax valuation list, contact your local council.

Find out what evidence to submit when you:

How to fill in the forms

You can either:

  • download the relevant form and fill it in on-screen
  • print the form and fill it in by hand

The form may not work if you try to open it in your internet browser. To open the form you need to:

  1. Download and save the form on your computer.

  2. Open it using the latest free version of Adobe Reader.

Properties in England

Council Tax proposal form for properties in England

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Council Tax proposal form for houses in multiple occupation (HMO)

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Properties in Wales

Council Tax proposal form for properties in Wales

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If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email different.format@hmrc.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Where to send the form 

Attach the completed form to an email. Send it to ctonline@voa.gov.uk.

If you prefer, you can send the completed form by post to:

Valuation Officer
Wycliffe House 
Green Lane 
Durham 
DH1 3UW

Updates to this page

Published 20 October 2025

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