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Check your Council Tax band

Find out the Council Tax band for a property, register any changes to the property or challenge the band in England or Wales by looking up the property's address or postcode online
Pay your Council Tax

Pay Council Tax online or by other methods, like direct debit to your local council
Find a business rates valuation

How to find the rateable value of a business property: compare it with other properties and challenge your property’s rateable value if it’s in Wales.
Apply for Council Tax Reduction

Apply to your local council for Council Tax Reduction if you're on a low income or benefits - this replaced Council Tax Benefit
Apply for a Council Tax discount

Check with your council if you're eligible for a discount on your Council Tax

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- Detailed guide
- 22 January 2016
- Valuation Office Agency
How domestic properties are assessed for Council Tax bands
- Detailed guide
- 17 March 2022
- Valuation Office Agency
Traffic signs manual
- Guidance
- 18 May 2022
- Department for Transport
The Blue Badge scheme: rights and responsibilities in England
- Guidance
- 9 July 2020
- Department for Transport
Abandoned vehicles: local authority responsibilities
- Detailed guide
- 5 September 2022
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

3/2023: The Non-Domestic Rating Bill
- 28 September 2023
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Correspondence
Public opinion research demonstrates confidence in elections
- 13 September 2023
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Press release
Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman: letter to Select Committee on preferred candidate
- 4 September 2023
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman
- Correspondence
Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman preferred candidate
- 4 September 2023
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- News story
Government backs pubs to open earlier for World Cup Final
- 17 August 2023
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Home Office
- Press release

Section 70: Weights and Measures returns and reports
- 21 September 2023
- Office for Product Safety and Standards
- Official statistics
Live tables on local government finance
- 14 September 2023
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
- Statistical data set
Local authority general fund earmarked and unallocated reserve levels, 2017-18 to 2021-22
- 25 July 2023
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Research
National non-domestic rates collected by councils in England: 2022 to 2023
- 12 July 2023
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Official statistics
National non-domestic rates collected by councils in England: 2021 to 2022
- 10 July 2023
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Official statistics

Technical adjustments to the Business Rates Retention System in response to the Non-Domestic Rating Bill
- 28 September 2023
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Open consultation
- Closing date 02 November 2023
‘McCloud’ remedy in the LGPS – supplementary issues and scheme regulations
- 8 September 2023
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 30 June 2023
Draft protocol for obtaining traffic regulation orders for new developments
- 13 July 2023
- Department for Transport
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 28 October 2016
Local Government Pension Scheme (England and Wales): Next steps on investments
- 11 July 2023
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Open consultation
- Closing date 02 October 2023
Business rate retention and non-domestic rates 2022 to 2023
- 18 July 2023
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Policy paper

Highways maintenance funding allocations
- 15 March 2023
- Department for Transport
- Transparency
Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman annual report and accounts 2021 to 2022
- 22 December 2022
- Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman
- Corporate report
Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman annual report and accounts 2020 to 2021
- 10 December 2021
- Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman
- Corporate report
Transforming Cities Fund
- 30 July 2021
- Department for Transport
- Transparency
Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman annual report and accounts 2019 to 2020
- 17 December 2020
- Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman
- Corporate report