Council

West Lindsey

A shire district in Lincolnshire. Lincolnshire County Council also sets council tax here.

How much is council tax in West Lindsey in 2026/27?

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

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Band A, 2026/27, for the year £1,569.50 £156.95 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 £49.65 (3.3%) £1,519.85 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 £1,831.08 £183.11 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 £57.93 (3.3%) £1,773.15 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 £2,092.67 £209.27 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 £66.21 (3.3%) £2,026.46 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 £2,354.25 £235.43 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 £74.48 (3.3%) £2,279.77 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 £2,877.42 £287.74 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 £91.03 (3.3%) £2,786.39 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 £3,400.58 £340.06 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 £107.58 (3.3%) £3,293.00 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 £3,923.75 £392.38 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 £124.13 (3.3%) £3,799.62 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 £4,708.50 £470.85 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 £148.96 (3.3%) £4,559.54 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.

West Lindsey council area
Source: Office for National Statistics, May 2026.

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

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Licensed under OGL v3.0.

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Who receives your council tax

Band D bill breakdown in West Lindsey

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.

West Lindsey: published Band D components, 2026/27
Part of the billCharging bodyAnnual Band D
Council, including average local preceptsWest Lindsey£348.15
County or GLALincolnshire£1,673.01
PoliceLincolnshire PCC£333.09
FireNo separate precept reported£0.00
Combined authorityGreater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority£0.00
Published area average, including all precepts£2,354.25

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 £256.14. 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 West Lindsey

128 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 128 records shown.

West Lindsey: local Band D precepts as reported in the 2026/27 return
Parish or local body2025/262026/27Annual change
AisthorpeNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
Apley (grouped with Bardney and Stainfield)Group£0.00£0.00£0.00
Bardney (grouped with Apley and Stainfield)Group£116.89£118.89+£2.00
Barlings (grouped with Langworth and Newball)Group£134.54£142.09+£7.55
BigbyPrecepting parish£41.72£53.34+£11.62
Bishop NortonPrecepting parish£48.48£48.93+£0.45
BlyboroughNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
BlytonPrecepting parish£17.10£18.04+£0.94
BramptonNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
BrattlebyPrecepting parish£69.84£73.28+£3.44
BroadholmePrecepting parish£24.85£22.97-£1.88
BrocklesbyNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
BrookenbyPrecepting parish£141.71£150.67+£8.96
BroxholmeNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
BullingtonNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
BurtonPrecepting parish£15.63£21.15+£5.52
BuslingthorpeNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
CabourneNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
CaenbyNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
CaistorPrecepting parish£127.44£135.54+£8.10
CammeringhamPrecepting parish£17.32£17.09-£0.23
Cherry WillinghamPrecepting parish£74.29£75.89+£1.60
ClaxbyPrecepting parish£93.40£98.67+£5.27
Cold Hanworth (grouped with Hackthorn)Group£0.00£0.00£0.00
CorringhamPrecepting parish£98.67£91.10-£7.57
DunholmePrecepting parish£64.73£63.61-£1.12
East FerryNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
East StockwithPrecepting parish£71.12£69.42-£1.70
FaldingworthPrecepting parish£51.16£51.56+£0.40
FentonPrecepting parish£56.63£58.84+£2.21
FillinghamPrecepting parish£65.83£69.33+£3.50
FiskertonPrecepting parish£49.48£49.26-£0.22
FriesthorpeNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
FulnetbyNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
GainsboroughPrecepting parish£132.90£139.17+£6.27
Gate Burton (grouped with Marton)Group£0.00£0.00£0.00
GlenthamPrecepting parish£63.10£63.21+£0.11
GlentworthPrecepting parish£87.32£90.02+£2.70
GolthoNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
Grange de LingsNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
GrasbyPrecepting parish£27.58£30.68+£3.10
GrayinghamNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
Great LimberPrecepting parish£136.28£144.68+£8.40
GreetwellPrecepting parish£38.14£31.49-£6.65
Hackthorn (grouped with Cold Hanworth)Group£27.90£28.85+£0.95
HardwickNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
HarpswellNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
HeaphamPrecepting parish£6.93£9.10+£2.17
HemswellPrecepting parish£76.50£91.66+£15.16
Hemswell CliffPrecepting parish£94.62£94.62£0.00
Holton cum BeckeringNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
Holton le MoorNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
InghamPrecepting parish£72.19£74.46+£2.27
KeelbyPrecepting parish£39.76£40.69+£0.93
KettlethorpePrecepting parish£74.11£79.37+£5.26
KexbyPrecepting parish£16.61£21.46+£4.85
Kirmond le MireNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
KnaithPrecepting parish£40.42£40.42£0.00
Langworth (grouped with Barlings and Newball)Group£0.00£0.00£0.00
LaughtonPrecepting parish£63.89£66.48+£2.59
LeaPrecepting parish£52.12£53.11+£0.99
LegsbyPrecepting parish£24.46£24.10-£0.36
LinwoodNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
LissingtonNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
Market RasenPrecepting parish£144.50£159.10+£14.60
Marton (grouped with Gate Burton)Group£60.40£68.85+£8.45
Middle RasenPrecepting parish£25.65£26.18+£0.53
MortonPrecepting parish£36.70£38.15+£1.45
NettlehamPrecepting parish£124.03£126.49+£2.46
NettletonPrecepting parish£56.24£56.30+£0.06
Newball (grouped with Barlings and Langworth)Group£0.00£0.00£0.00
Newton on TrentPrecepting parish£115.77£118.17+£2.40
Normanby by SpitalPrecepting parish£71.41£69.94-£1.47
Normanby le WoldNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
North CarltonNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
North KelseyPrecepting parish£60.28£62.68+£2.40
North WillinghamNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
NorthorpePrecepting parish£67.32£71.78+£4.46
OsgodbyPrecepting parish£48.95£48.01-£0.94
OwersbyPrecepting parish£17.11£17.10-£0.01
OwmbyPrecepting parish£94.39£98.27+£3.88
PilhamNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
RandNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
ReephamPrecepting parish£28.00£39.90+£11.90
RibyPrecepting parish£13.37£11.40-£1.97
RiseholmePrecepting parish£18.19£18.67+£0.48
RothwellPrecepting parish£57.28£57.28£0.00
SaxbyPrecepting parish£8.29£8.39+£0.10
Saxilby with InglebyPrecepting parish£173.92£183.48+£9.56
ScamptonPrecepting parish£52.61£61.75+£9.14
ScothernPrecepting parish£76.92£77.03+£0.11
ScotterPrecepting parish£62.37£62.49+£0.12
ScottonPrecepting parish£52.19£59.79+£7.60
Searby cum OwmbyNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
SixhillsNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
SnarfordNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
SnellandNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
SnitterbyPrecepting parish£40.78£42.66+£1.88
SomerbyNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
South CarltonNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
South KelseyPrecepting parish£73.66£80.16+£6.50
SpridlingtonPrecepting parish£42.10£46.52+£4.42
SpringthorpePrecepting parish£16.82£18.88+£2.06
Stainfield (grouped with Apley and Bardney)Group£0.00£0.00£0.00
Stainton le ValeNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
StowPrecepting parish£42.78£45.59+£2.81
Sturton by StowPrecepting parish£77.85£79.80+£1.95
SudbrookePrecepting parish£45.50£49.20+£3.70
SwallowPrecepting parish£124.09£126.43+£2.34
SwinhopeNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
TealbyPrecepting parish£49.23£62.99+£13.76
ThonockNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
ThoreswayNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
ThorganbyNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
Thorpe in the FallowsNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
Toft NewtonPrecepting parish£76.77£78.55+£1.78
TorkseyPrecepting parish£59.36£60.11+£0.75
UptonPrecepting parish£41.78£47.55+£5.77
WaddinghamPrecepting parish£43.88£48.29+£4.41
WalesbyPrecepting parish£23.28£22.79-£0.49
WalkerithNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
WeltonPrecepting parish£133.57£155.35+£21.78
West FirsbyNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
West RasenNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
WickenbyPrecepting parish£49.80£51.96+£2.16
WildsworthNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
WillinghamPrecepting parish£78.55£78.64+£0.09
WilloughtonPrecepting parish£73.21£78.07+£4.86

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 West Lindsey 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 shire areas, 2026/27 £2,452 up 4.6% 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 West Lindsey figure. Band D for every council in East Midlands.

How has Band D in West Lindsey changed?

2024/25: £2,208.59 £2,208.59 2024/25 2025/26: £2,279.77 £2,279.77 2025/26 2026/27: £2,354.25 £2,354.25 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 West Lindsey, as published each year
YearBand DSource
2024/25 £2,208.59 MHCLG Table 8
2025/26 £2,279.77 MHCLG Table 9
2026/27 £2,354.25 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

West Lindsey area charges, including average parish precepts
Band2024/252025/262026/27Two-year change
A£1,472.39£1,519.85£1,569.50£97.11
B£1,717.79£1,773.15£1,831.08£113.29
C£1,963.19£2,026.46£2,092.67£129.48
D£2,208.59£2,279.77£2,354.25£145.66
E£2,699.39£2,786.39£2,877.42£178.03
F£3,190.19£3,293.00£3,400.58£210.39
G£3,680.98£3,799.62£3,923.75£242.77
H£4,417.18£4,559.54£4,708.50£291.32

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

Explore what future annual changes could mean for West Lindsey.

Long-term Band D history

The national live table holds 34 published area figures for West Lindsey, from 1993/94 to 2026/27. This series is generally rounded to whole pounds, so it can differ from the penny figures in the recent band tables.

£530 to £2,354(+344.2% 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
West Lindsey: published Band D history, displayed pounds
YearWhole-area averageCouncil excluding parishesCouncil including average parishes
1993/94£530Unavailable£80
1994/95£546Unavailable£62
1995/96£586Unavailable£75
1996/97£635£89£99
1997/98£682£109£121
1998/99£758£109£121
1999/00£806£109£123
2000/01£848£109£126
2001/02£899£117£136
2002/03£982£128£148
2003/04£1,082£147£168
2004/05£1,152£162£182
2005/06£1,216£170£196
2006/07£1,274£175£204
2007/08£1,329£180£210
2008/09£1,406£185£219
2009/10£1,440£188£226
2010/11£1,481£189£236
2011/12£1,484£189£239
2012/13£1,491£189£239
2013/14£1,498£191£242
2014/15£1,504£191£244
2015/16£1,530£191£246
2016/17£1,582£196£252
2017/18£1,645£201£266
2018/19£1,722£207£273
2019/20£1,816£213£282
2020/21£1,878£218£289
2021/22£1,926£223£295
2022/23£2,011£228£303
2023/24£2,111£235£316
2024/25£2,209£242£326
2025/26£2,280£249£336
2026/27£2,354£256£348

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 West Lindsey?

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.

West Lindsey council's own Band D, 2026/27 £256.14 up 2.97% on 2025/26, as published

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

Lincolnshire County Council's Band D, 2026/27 £1,673.01 up 2.90% on 2025/26, as published

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

How much every council raised its own share this year.

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