Band D runs from £2,387.31 in Tickenham to £2,583.71 in Portishead. The full A to H table for all 39 parishes, and where the 8.99% rise came from.

North Somerset raised council tax by 8.99% this year, nearly double the 4.99% limit councils can normally go to without a referendum. It was one of only seven councils in England given government permission to exceed that limit, and the permission was for one year only.

The council publishes the resulting charges as an 84KB PDF linked from the bottom of a page about property valuations. The full table is below, as a table, for all 39 parishes and all eight bands.

Last checked 1 September 2026. Every figure is from North Somerset Council’s own 2026-27 charges notice, dated 24 February 2026, and its 2026-27 council tax guide.

What a band D bill is made of

Four bodies take a share. Three of them charge exactly the same amount everywhere in the district. Only the fourth, your town or parish council, varies.

Part of the bill Band D 2026-27 Change
North Somerset Council, including the adult social care precept £1,954.58 up 8.99%
Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner £308.20 up £15.00, or 5.1%
Avon Fire Authority £95.43 up £5.00, or 5.5%
Town or parish council £29.10 to £225.50 varies

The council’s own guide splits its share into £1,638.38 for general services and £316.63 for the ringfenced adult social care precept. Central government allowed councils with social care responsibilities to add a further 2% in 2026-27, and North Somerset has taken that precept most years since 2016-17.

Town and parish council share of a band D council tax bill in North Somerset, 2026-27

Clevedon pays £4.56 more, and the council does not say why

Subtract the police, fire and parish elements from each parish’s band D charge and you get exactly £1,954.58 in 38 of the 39 parishes. In Clevedon you get £1,959.14.

Clevedon households therefore pay £4.56 more at band D for the council’s own services than everyone else in North Somerset, before their town council is added. The charges notice does not flag it. The only line in the council’s budget summary that could account for it is “Special Expenses”, which is £36,000 for 2026-27, down from £69,000 last year. Applied across Clevedon’s band D tax base, £4.56 comes to about £36,200.

It also explains a small oddity in the council’s own booklet. The guide gives the average North Somerset element as £1,955.01, which is 43p above the £1,954.58 that 38 parishes actually pay. Clevedon is about 8.9% of the district’s tax base, and 8.9% of £4.56 is 41p. The average is being pulled up by one town.

The full band A to H table, all 39 parishes

Sorted from the cheapest band D to the dearest. These are the amounts set by full council on 24 February 2026 under section 38 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992.

Parish or town A B C D E F G H
Tickenham £1,591.55 £1,856.79 £2,122.07 £2,387.31 £2,917.83 £3,448.33 £3,978.86 £4,774.62
Butcombe £1,594.42 £1,860.15 £2,125.90 £2,391.62 £2,923.09 £3,454.56 £3,986.04 £4,783.24
St Georges £1,596.28 £1,862.32 £2,128.38 £2,394.41 £2,926.50 £3,458.59 £3,990.69 £4,788.82
Winford £1,598.30 £1,864.67 £2,131.07 £2,397.44 £2,930.21 £3,462.97 £3,995.74 £4,794.88
Burrington £1,600.65 £1,867.41 £2,134.20 £2,400.96 £2,934.51 £3,468.05 £4,001.61 £4,801.92
Barrow Gurney £1,601.82 £1,868.77 £2,135.76 £2,402.71 £2,936.65 £3,470.58 £4,004.53 £4,805.42
Clapton-in-Gordano £1,604.53 £1,871.94 £2,139.37 £2,406.78 £2,941.62 £3,476.46 £4,011.31 £4,813.56
Brockley £1,604.73 £1,872.17 £2,139.64 £2,407.08 £2,941.99 £3,476.89 £4,011.81 £4,814.16
Wraxall and Failand £1,605.15 £1,872.66 £2,140.20 £2,407.71 £2,942.76 £3,477.80 £4,012.86 £4,815.42
Wick St. Lawrence £1,605.57 £1,873.15 £2,140.76 £2,408.34 £2,943.53 £3,478.71 £4,013.91 £4,816.68
Dundry £1,605.92 £1,873.55 £2,141.22 £2,408.86 £2,944.17 £3,479.46 £4,014.78 £4,817.72
Cleeve £1,608.91 £1,877.05 £2,145.21 £2,413.35 £2,949.65 £3,485.95 £4,022.26 £4,826.70
Clevedon £1,621.02 £1,891.18 £2,161.36 £2,431.52 £2,971.86 £3,512.20 £4,052.54 £4,863.04
Portbury £1,621.38 £1,891.59 £2,161.84 £2,432.05 £2,972.51 £3,512.96 £4,053.43 £4,864.10
Walton-in-Gordano £1,621.66 £1,891.93 £2,162.22 £2,432.48 £2,973.03 £3,513.58 £4,054.14 £4,864.96
Loxton and Christon £1,623.08 £1,893.57 £2,164.10 £2,434.60 £2,975.63 £3,516.64 £4,057.68 £4,869.20
Kenn £1,623.91 £1,894.55 £2,165.21 £2,435.85 £2,977.15 £3,518.45 £4,059.76 £4,871.70
Abbots Leigh £1,625.19 £1,896.04 £2,166.92 £2,437.77 £2,979.50 £3,521.22 £4,062.96 £4,875.54
Kingston Seymour £1,625.51 £1,896.41 £2,167.35 £2,438.25 £2,980.09 £3,521.91 £4,063.76 £4,876.50
Puxton £1,627.68 £1,898.94 £2,170.24 £2,441.50 £2,984.06 £3,526.61 £4,069.18 £4,883.00
Kewstoke £1,629.04 £1,900.53 £2,172.05 £2,443.54 £2,986.55 £3,529.55 £4,072.58 £4,887.08
Banwell £1,630.13 £1,901.80 £2,173.51 £2,445.18 £2,988.56 £3,531.92 £4,075.31 £4,890.36
Flax Bourton £1,631.53 £1,903.44 £2,175.37 £2,447.28 £2,991.12 £3,534.96 £4,078.81 £4,894.56
Long Ashton £1,633.66 £1,905.93 £2,178.22 £2,450.48 £2,995.03 £3,539.58 £4,084.14 £4,900.96
Pill and Easton-in-Gordano £1,635.15 £1,907.66 £2,180.20 £2,452.71 £2,997.76 £3,542.80 £4,087.86 £4,905.42
Winscombe and Sandford £1,637.24 £1,910.10 £2,182.99 £2,455.85 £3,001.60 £3,547.34 £4,093.09 £4,911.70
Locking £1,637.89 £1,910.86 £2,183.85 £2,456.82 £3,002.78 £3,548.74 £4,094.71 £4,913.64
Weston-in-Gordano £1,639.96 £1,913.28 £2,186.62 £2,459.93 £3,006.58 £3,553.23 £4,099.89 £4,919.86
Blagdon £1,646.76 £1,921.20 £2,195.68 £2,470.12 £3,019.04 £3,567.95 £4,116.88 £4,940.24
Wrington £1,647.72 £1,922.33 £2,196.96 £2,471.57 £3,020.81 £3,570.04 £4,119.29 £4,943.14
Churchill £1,649.36 £1,924.23 £2,199.14 £2,474.02 £3,023.81 £3,573.58 £4,123.38 £4,948.04
Nailsea £1,649.38 £1,924.27 £2,199.18 £2,474.06 £3,023.85 £3,573.64 £4,123.44 £4,948.12
Bleadon £1,649.62 £1,924.54 £2,199.49 £2,474.41 £3,024.28 £3,574.14 £4,124.03 £4,948.82
Yatton £1,652.40 £1,927.79 £2,203.20 £2,478.59 £3,029.39 £3,580.18 £4,130.99 £4,957.18
Congresbury £1,652.54 £1,927.94 £2,203.38 £2,478.79 £3,029.64 £3,580.47 £4,131.33 £4,957.58
Backwell £1,659.92 £1,936.55 £2,213.22 £2,489.86 £3,043.17 £3,596.46 £4,149.78 £4,979.72
Hutton £1,667.67 £1,945.60 £2,223.56 £2,501.49 £3,057.38 £3,613.26 £4,169.16 £5,002.98
Weston-super-Mare £1,681.56 £1,961.81 £2,242.08 £2,522.33 £3,082.85 £3,643.36 £4,203.89 £5,044.66
Portishead £1,722.48 £2,009.55 £2,296.64 £2,583.71 £3,157.87 £3,732.02 £4,306.19 £5,167.42

The gap between the cheapest and dearest parish at band D is £196.40 a year, and every penny of it is the town or parish council. Portishead Town Council charges £225.50 at band D. Clevedon Town Council, in a town of comparable size, charges £68.75. Weston-super-Mare Town Council charges £164.12 and Nailsea Town Council £115.85.

Which parish precepts moved this year

Parish precepts across the district rose from £9.729m to £11.038m, a rise of 13.5%. The movement was very uneven. These are the changes in the total amount each council asked for, from the council’s own table:

  • Kenn up 66.7%, from £9,000 to £15,000
  • Portishead up 59.2%, from £1,484,085 to £2,362,825
  • Backwell up 57.0%, from £171,500 to £269,267
  • Pill and Easton-in-Gordano up 33.4%, from £125,500 to £167,400
  • Clapton-in-Gordano up 19.3%, Yatton up 16.1%, Burrington up 15.0%
  • Weston-super-Mare up 0.3%, from £4,450,668 to £4,465,654
  • Kewstoke, Portbury, St Georges, Tickenham and Wick St Lawrence all froze theirs
  • Puxton cut its precept 3.1%, from £12,752 to £12,352, the only reduction in the district

One caution on reading those figures. A precept is a total sum, not a rate. If a parish is building houses, the same money is spread over more properties and the band D charge rises by less than the headline. Portishead and Backwell are both growing, so their band D increases will be smaller than 59.2% and 57.0%. The council does not publish last year’s per-parish band D figures alongside this year’s, so we are not going to estimate them.

How to check your own band, and how to challenge it

Bands are set by the Valuation Office Agency, not the council, and they are based on what a property was worth on 1 April 1991. A home built after 1991 is valued as if it had existed then.

Band 1991 value
A up to £40,000
B £40,001 to £52,000
C £52,001 to £68,000
D £68,001 to £88,000
E £88,001 to £120,000
F £120,001 to £160,000
G £160,001 to £320,000
H more than £320,000

Check your band free on GOV.UK. If you think it is wrong, the challenge goes to the VOA rather than to North Somerset, and the council’s council tax appeals page explains the route. Be aware a review can move a band up as well as down, and it can affect neighbouring properties.

Discounts and exemptions

  • Single person discount, 25%. The only adult in the property.
  • Live-in carer, 25%. The carer must live in, provide at least 35 hours a week, not be a spouse or partner, and the person cared for must be 18 or over and on a qualifying disability benefit.
  • Students. A household of only students pays nothing. One student living with one other adult gives a 25% discount.
  • Foster carers who foster through North Somerset Council get a 100% discount.
  • Disabled band reduction. If someone needs a dedicated room, an extra bathroom or kitchen, or indoor wheelchair space because of a substantial and permanent disability, the bill can be reduced.
  • Ukrainian citizens under the government guest scheme are disregarded.
  • Empty student halls, armed forces barracks and married quarters, repossessed properties and properties held by trustees in bankruptcy are exempt.

Source: council tax discounts.

Empty homes and second homes

Premiums here are steep and they stack on top of the full charge:

  • empty over one year: 100% premium, so double the bill
  • empty over five years: 200% premium, so triple
  • empty over ten years: 300% premium, so quadruple

A 100% second home premium started on 1 April 2026 for properties that are furnished but not anyone’s main residence. From the same date, properties that are unoccupied while major repair work is done no longer get a discount. Source: empty properties.

Council Tax Reduction was cut this April

This is the change that will have hit hardest, and it is not on the charges notice at all.

From 1 April 2026 North Somerset’s Council Tax Reduction scheme gives less support across every income band for working-age households. The specific changes:

  • the capital limit fell from £16,000 to £6,000, so anyone with more than £6,000 in savings, investments or a second home now pays the full bill
  • support is capped at the band D rate, so a household in a band E to H property gets no more help than a band D household would
  • non-dependant deductions are simplified to flat rates of £7.50 or £15.00
  • households with a disabled child on a disability benefit have a floor of 57%, and those with no income at all 67.5%

To soften it, the council is automatically applying a crisis payment from its Crisis and Resilience Fund, worth £371,200 in total, to households already on CTR. It appears on the bill as “Council Tax Additional Award 26/27”. You do not apply for it. There is also a discretionary hardship fund, which you do have to apply for. Source: council tax guide 2026-27, and council tax reduction.

Where the 8.99% came from

The government wrote to North Somerset on or before 10 February 2026 allowing a one-year rise of up to 8.99%. The council said at the time it would work out as about £3.10 a week, or £13.44 a month, on a typical band D property. Councillors took the full amount at the budget meeting on 24 February.

Across the district the council tax bill in total went from £189.930m to £207.391m. North Somerset’s own precept rose from £158.181m to £173.790m, the police precept from £24.265m to £25.657m and the fire precept from £7.484m to £7.944m.

Council tax is administered for North Somerset by Liberata UK Ltd, so bills and recovery correspondence come from a contractor rather than the council directly.

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