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• Updated: 15 September 2021

How to challenge your Council Tax band if you think you're paying too much Council Tax or you want to get a property removed from the Council Tax list.

• Overview

  Council Tax bands are based on how much a property was worth on: 1 April…

• When you have a legal right to make a challenge

  You have a legal right to challenge your Council Tax band (‘make a…

• When you do not have a legal right to make a challenge

  You can ask for your band to be reviewed if: you have been paying Council…

• How to challenge

  For properties in England and Wales, use the online service to make a…

• After you make a challenge

  The Valuation Office (VO) will confirm they’ve got your challenge. This is…

See how well you know the population of your local authority area with our interactive quiz.

• Updated: 2 December 2022

Posters, leaflet, case studies and other resources to support local events for European Antibiotic Awareness Day 2013.

• Updated: 4 October 2013

Quizzes and crosswords about antibiotic resistance for the public, healthcare prescribers and pharmacists.

• Updated: 20 October 2017

If you disagree with your property’s rateable value set by the Valuation Office, you can challenge it using your business rates valuation account.

• Updated: 9 July 2026

• Updated: 22 January 2024

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

• Updated: 4 June 2026

See how well you know the population of your local authority area with our interactive quiz. This update adds to the mix of questions with more data from Census 2021.

• Updated: 3 April 2023

See how well you know the population of your local authority area with our interactive quiz. This update adds some new questions to the previously published quiz covering changes between 2011 and 2021.

• Updated: 16 December 2022