When and how to pay your Council Tax

About your Council Tax bill

Your annual bill tells you:

  • how much you have to pay for the year
  • how that amount has been worked out
  • the date you have to pay your monthly instalments

View your Council Tax bill online

View a sample Council Tax bill

Late payments

If you make a payment more than seven days after your set instalment date, your payment will be considered late. At this point, we will start sending you reminder letters to collect the unpaid amount. 

Ways to pay your Council Tax

If you’re struggling to make payment or pay on time, please consider the following options.

Pay by direct debit

Set up a direct debit which allows us to take the payment from your bank account on the same date each month.

Pay your Council Tax by direct debit

Pay online

Make an immediate payment online to reduce or clear the full amount owed. 

Pay your Council Tax online

Spread your instalments over 12 months

Council Tax instalments are automatically calculated over 10 months. To reduce your monthly instalment amount, you can request to spread your payments over 12 months.

Instalments can only be amended within the current financial year, which starts each April and finishes the following March.

Apply to spread your Council Tax payments over 12 months

Contact us

The quickest way to contact us is by using our online form which are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Contact us online