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Cheshire East

A unitary authority in North West.

How much is council tax in Cheshire East in 2026/27?

Choose your band for the published yearly charge, before discounts.

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Band A, 2026/27, for the year £1,636.58 £163.66 a month over ten instalments, rounded

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, published 25 March 2026.

Area average including parish precepts. Your exact bill and any discounts can differ.

Change on 2025/26, Band A up £81.51 (5.2%) £1,555.07 in 2025/26

Calculated from two published tables. Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, and Table 9 for 2025 to 2026, published 25 March 2026.

Band B, 2026/27, for the year £1,909.34 £190.93 a month over ten instalments, rounded

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, published 25 March 2026.

Area average including parish precepts. Your exact bill and any discounts can differ.

Change on 2025/26, Band B up £95.09 (5.2%) £1,814.25 in 2025/26

Calculated from two published tables. Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, and Table 9 for 2025 to 2026, published 25 March 2026.

Band C, 2026/27, for the year £2,182.11 £218.21 a month over ten instalments, rounded

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, published 25 March 2026.

Area average including parish precepts. Your exact bill and any discounts can differ.

Change on 2025/26, Band C up £108.68 (5.2%) £2,073.43 in 2025/26

Calculated from two published tables. Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, and Table 9 for 2025 to 2026, published 25 March 2026.

Band D, 2026/27, for the year £2,454.87 £245.49 a month over ten instalments, rounded

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, published 25 March 2026.

Area average including parish precepts. Your exact bill and any discounts can differ.

Change on 2025/26, Band D up £122.26 (5.2%) £2,332.61 in 2025/26

Calculated from two published tables. Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, and Table 9 for 2025 to 2026, published 25 March 2026.

Band E, 2026/27, for the year £3,000.40 £300.04 a month over ten instalments, rounded

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, published 25 March 2026.

Area average including parish precepts. Your exact bill and any discounts can differ.

Change on 2025/26, Band E up £149.43 (5.2%) £2,850.97 in 2025/26

Calculated from two published tables. Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, and Table 9 for 2025 to 2026, published 25 March 2026.

Band F, 2026/27, for the year £3,545.92 £354.59 a month over ten instalments, rounded

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, published 25 March 2026.

Area average including parish precepts. Your exact bill and any discounts can differ.

Change on 2025/26, Band F up £176.59 (5.2%) £3,369.33 in 2025/26

Calculated from two published tables. Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, and Table 9 for 2025 to 2026, published 25 March 2026.

Band G, 2026/27, for the year £4,091.45 £409.15 a month over ten instalments, rounded

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, published 25 March 2026.

Area average including parish precepts. Your exact bill and any discounts can differ.

Change on 2025/26, Band G up £203.77 (5.2%) £3,887.68 in 2025/26

Calculated from two published tables. Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, and Table 9 for 2025 to 2026, published 25 March 2026.

Band H, 2026/27, for the year £4,909.74 £490.97 a month over ten instalments, rounded

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, published 25 March 2026.

Area average including parish precepts. Your exact bill and any discounts can differ.

Change on 2025/26, Band H up £244.52 (5.2%) £4,665.22 in 2025/26

Calculated from two published tables. Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, and Table 9 for 2025 to 2026, published 25 March 2026.

Monthly equivalents divide the annual charge by ten and round to pennies. Actual bill instalments can differ.

Every band includes the share of every body that sets council tax here, such as the police and, where they exist, the county council, the fire authority and parish councils, with parish precepts as an average. A home in a parish with its own precept pays a different amount, and discounts such as the single person discount are not taken off.

Cheshire East council area
Source: Office for National Statistics, May 2026.

Illustrative area boundary. Parish charges and individual property bands vary within it.

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Who receives your council tax

Band D bill breakdown in Cheshire East

These are the published 2026/27 area averages. Parish charges are averaged into the council line. They are already included in the total and must not be added again.

Cheshire East: published Band D components, 2026/27
Part of the billCharging bodyAnnual Band D
Council, including average local preceptsCheshire East£2,059.34
County or GLANo separate precept reported£0.00
PoliceCheshire PCC£295.44
FireCheshire Fire£100.09
Combined authorityNo separate precept reported£0.00
Published area average, including all precepts£2,454.87

Adult social care is included in council charges. Police and fire may be funded within another line, including a combined-authority or GLA charge. A zero separate line does not mean the service is absent. The named bodies come from MHCLG's billing-area mapping for this year.

The council's own Band D, excluding local precepts, is £1,975.95. This is a separate measure, not an additional charge.

Source: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027: Table 10, Data_Billing and Precepting_Bodies. Retrieved 2026-10-05. Download data and checksums.

Parish and local precepts in Cheshire East

106 records in the national parish return, including any ceased bodies. These are individual Band D local charges, not full bills. Other property bands are not inferred. Match the charging locality to your council bill.

Do not add these amounts to the area average above: that already includes average local precepts. Grouped parishes and charter trustees can have overlapping charging areas. A postcode alone cannot establish every charge on a property.

All 106 records shown.

Cheshire East: local Band D precepts as reported in the 2026/27 return
Parish or local body2025/262026/27Annual change
AdlingtonPrecepting parish£31.30£77.25+£45.95
Alderley EdgePrecepting parish£59.38£55.71-£3.67
Alpraham and Calveley Community CouncilPrecepting parish£61.52£74.40+£12.88
AlsagerPrecepting parish£118.71£118.17-£0.54
ArclidPrecepting parish£22.36£23.09+£0.73
AshleyPrecepting parish£34.51£32.99-£1.52
Aston by BudworthPrecepting parish£14.84£17.55+£2.71
AudlemPrecepting parish£85.25£86.48+£1.23
BarthomleyPrecepting parish£38.72£38.74+£0.02
BetchtonPrecepting parish£19.28£38.68+£19.40
BickertonPrecepting parish£14.98£14.44-£0.54
BollingtonPrecepting parish£136.66£145.26+£8.60
BosleyPrecepting parish£20.98£21.37+£0.39
BradwallPrecepting parish£31.59£31.62+£0.03
BreretonPrecepting parish£31.01£31.89+£0.88
BrindleyPrecepting parish£23.58£23.26-£0.32
BuertonPrecepting parish£39.75£41.53+£1.78
Bulkeley & Ridley Parish CouncilPrecepting parish£22.94£24.99+£2.05
BunburyPrecepting parish£60.40£64.72+£4.32
Burland & Acton Parish CouncilPrecepting parish£33.35£43.05+£9.70
ChelfordPrecepting parish£64.70£65.41+£0.71
CholmondeleyPrecepting parish£20.64£20.51-£0.13
CholmondestonPrecepting parish£24.23£24.49+£0.26
Chorley (Wilmslow West and Chorley)Precepting parish£17.74£17.74£0.00
Church LawtonPrecepting parish£47.62£49.91+£2.29
Church MinshullPrecepting parish£32.08£34.44+£2.36
CongletonPrecepting parish£117.41£138.33+£20.92
CranagePrecepting parish£34.57£35.89+£1.32
Crewe Town CouncilPrecepting parish£97.26£99.99+£2.73
DisleyPrecepting parish£98.72£106.11+£7.39
Dodcott cum WilkesleyPrecepting parish£34.36£34.96+£0.60
DoddingtonPrecepting parish£15.62£19.33+£3.71
EatonPrecepting parish£29.27£31.60+£2.33
GawsworthPrecepting parish£52.00£53.04+£1.04
GoostreyPrecepting parish£51.23£54.16+£2.93
Great WarfordPrecepting parish£23.97£24.86+£0.89
HandforthPrecepting parish£65.58£85.70+£20.12
HankelowPrecepting parish£9.70£31.77+£22.07
HaslingtonPrecepting parish£32.78£35.36+£2.58
HassallPrecepting parish£41.87£41.39-£0.48
HathertonPrecepting parish£23.81£26.38+£2.57
HaughtonPrecepting parish£8.41£8.53+£0.12
HenburyPrecepting parish£70.71£82.27+£11.56
High LeghPrecepting parish£13.91£13.79-£0.12
Higher HurdsfieldPrecepting parish£22.80£22.60-£0.20
Holmes ChapelPrecepting parish£94.62£101.16+£6.54
HoughPrecepting parish£25.47£28.99+£3.52
Hulme WalfieldPrecepting parish£32.20£24.82-£7.38
Kettleshulme & Lyme Handley Parish CouncilPrecepting parish£51.35£52.52+£1.17
KnutsfordPrecepting parish£132.92£148.93+£16.01
Little Bollington with Agden Community CouncilPrecepting parish£18.21£22.14+£3.93
Little WarfordNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
Lower WithingtonPrecepting parish£34.90£37.92+£3.02
Macclesfield Forest and WildboarcloughNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
Macclesfield Town CouncilPrecepting parish£67.79£71.44+£3.65
Marbury cum QuoisleyPrecepting parish£30.72£31.50+£0.78
MartonPrecepting parish£33.33£31.62-£1.71
MerePrecepting parish£18.89£19.02+£0.13
MiddlewichPrecepting parish£127.50£131.39+£3.89
Millington & Rostherne Parish CouncilPrecepting parish£39.50£39.50£0.00
Minshull VernonPrecepting parish£22.00£22.00£0.00
MobberleyPrecepting parish£33.44£36.02+£2.58
MostonPrecepting parish£42.88£42.10-£0.78
Mottram St. AndrewPrecepting parish£18.98£19.33+£0.35
NantwichPrecepting parish£160.90£166.53+£5.63
Nether AlderleyPrecepting parish£104.08£101.45-£2.63
Newbold AstburyPrecepting parish£61.20£60.41-£0.79
NewhallPrecepting parish£9.97£12.45+£2.48
North RodePrecepting parish£16.51£16.59+£0.08
Odd RodePrecepting parish£51.84£52.88+£1.04
OllertonPrecepting parish£31.77£25.34-£6.43
Over AlderleyPrecepting parish£22.78£29.23+£6.45
PeckfortonPrecepting parish£42.77£45.00+£2.23
Peover InferiorPrecepting parish£40.08£41.23+£1.15
Peover Superior & Snelson Parish CouncilPrecepting parish£65.00£67.74+£2.74
PickmerePrecepting parish£49.44£53.89+£4.45
PlumleyPrecepting parish£52.47£55.09+£2.62
Pott ShrigleyPrecepting parish£27.75£32.44+£4.69
Poynton with WorthPrecepting parish£104.02£109.19+£5.17
PrestburyPrecepting parish£66.59£66.58-£0.01
RainowPrecepting parish£24.35£25.60+£1.25
RopePrecepting parish£7.59£10.50+£2.91
SandbachPrecepting parish£90.87£95.21+£4.34
Shavington cum GrestyPrecepting parish£93.15£93.15£0.00
SiddingtonPrecepting parish£24.54£26.88+£2.34
SmallwoodPrecepting parish£12.03£12.13+£0.10
SomerfordPrecepting parish£51.16£50.05-£1.11
SoundPrecepting parish£10.99£13.34+£2.35
SpurstowPrecepting parish£25.49£27.09+£1.60
StapeleyPrecepting parish£11.56£15.82+£4.26
StokePrecepting parish£45.22£42.96-£2.26
StyalPrecepting parish£33.39£33.38-£0.01
SuttonPrecepting parish£22.14£22.04-£0.10
SwettenhamPrecepting parish£42.04£48.50+£6.46
Tabley InferiorPrecepting parish£14.93£14.93£0.00
TwemlowPrecepting parish£37.39£69.55+£32.16
WardlePrecepting parish£38.87£40.82+£1.95
WarminghamPrecepting parish£36.63£37.02+£0.39
Weston & Basford Parish CouncilPrecepting parish£49.41£50.73+£1.32
WillastonPrecepting parish£35.60£40.23+£4.63
WilmslowPrecepting parish£55.93£57.05+£1.12
WincleNon-precepting parish£1.05£0.00-£1.05
WistastonPrecepting parish£22.64£23.55+£0.91
WorlestonPrecepting parish£15.95£18.69+£2.74
Wrenbury cum FrithPrecepting parish£38.29£32.64-£5.65
WybunburyPrecepting parish£50.48£52.93+£2.45

Annual change is this year's reported charge minus the previous year's charge on the same source row. Missing and ceased entries remain distinct from published zero charges. A negative precept is retained where published.

Source: Council Tax statistics for town and parish councils in England: 2026 to 2027, Parish_Level_Data and Notes. Retrieved 2026-10-05. Download the national parish data, including precept income and tax bases.

How does Band D in Cheshire East compare?

England average area Band D, 2026/27 £2,392 up 4.9% on 2025/26

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 7, published 25 March 2026.

Average area Band D for unitary areas, 2026/27 £2,490 up 5.3% on 2025/26

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 7, published 25 March 2026.

Both averages include parish and adult social care precepts, the same basis as the Cheshire East figure. Band D for every council in North West.

How has Band D in Cheshire East changed?

2024/25: £2,217.19 £2,217.19 2024/25 2025/26: £2,332.61 £2,332.61 2025/26 2026/27: £2,454.87 £2,454.87 2026/27

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9 each year, linked in the table, published 25 March 2026.

Cash figures, not adjusted for inflation. Includes average parish precepts.

Area Band D in Cheshire East, as published each year
YearBand DSource
2024/25 £2,217.19 MHCLG Table 8
2025/26 £2,332.61 MHCLG Table 9
2026/27 £2,454.87 MHCLG Table 9

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9 each year, linked in the table, published 25 March 2026.

Every band over time

Cheshire East area charges, including average parish precepts
Band2024/252025/262026/27Two-year change
A£1,478.13£1,555.07£1,636.58£158.45
B£1,724.48£1,814.25£1,909.34£184.86
C£1,970.84£2,073.43£2,182.11£211.27
D£2,217.19£2,332.61£2,454.87£237.68
E£2,709.90£2,850.97£3,000.40£290.50
F£3,202.61£3,369.33£3,545.92£343.31
G£3,695.32£3,887.68£4,091.45£396.13
H£4,434.38£4,665.22£4,909.74£475.36

Sources: MHCLG 2024/25 · MHCLG 2025/26 · MHCLG 2026/27 · Change calculated from the two published charges. Nominal amounts, before discounts.

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Long-term Band D history

The national live table holds 18 published area figures for Cheshire East, from 2009/10 to 2026/27. This series is generally rounded to whole pounds, so it can differ from the penny figures in the recent band tables.

£1,420 to £2,455(+72.9% in cash terms)

Not adjusted for inflation. A change in services or council structure can affect comparisons. Missing years stay missing; we do not join predecessor councils ourselves. MHCLG carries forward predecessor-area history only where its published series does so, including some district-to-unitary changes with unchanged boundaries.

View the full Band D history and separate council shares
Cheshire East: published Band D history, displayed pounds
YearWhole-area averageCouncil excluding parishesCouncil including average parishes
1993/94UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
1994/95UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
1995/96UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
1996/97UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
1997/98UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
1998/99UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
1999/00UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2000/01UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2001/02UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2002/03UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2003/04UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2004/05UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2005/06UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2006/07UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2007/08UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2008/09UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2009/10£1,420£1,196£1,215
2010/11£1,448£1,216£1,237
2011/12£1,451£1,216£1,240
2012/13£1,463£1,216£1,247
2013/14£1,470£1,216£1,249
2014/15£1,473£1,216£1,251
2015/16£1,483£1,216£1,256
2016/17£1,540£1,262£1,307
2017/18£1,610£1,325£1,373
2018/19£1,706£1,404£1,454
2019/20£1,777£1,446£1,499
2020/21£1,851£1,504£1,561
2021/22£1,944£1,579£1,638
2022/23£2,004£1,626£1,686
2023/24£2,109£1,707£1,771
2024/25£2,217£1,793£1,864
2025/26£2,333£1,882£1,961
2026/27£2,455£1,976£2,059

The council-share columns are alternative measures, not additions to the whole-area figure. The excluding-parishes series begins in 1996/97. A council's own share can change when responsibilities transfer even where its area remains the same.

Source: Band D Council Tax figures 1993 onwards, revised April 2026, Area_CT, exc_PP and inc_PP. Download the historical series. Changes calculated from the displayed source values.

Who sets council tax in Cheshire East?

The figures below show each council's own share and its published annual change. The national breakdown above also identifies police, fire and combined-authority charges for this billing area.

Cheshire East council's own Band D, 2026/27 £1,975.95 up 4.99% on 2025/26, as published

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 8a, published 25 March 2026.

How much every council raised its own share this year.

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