Council

South Kesteven

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

How much is council tax in South Kesteven in 2026/27?

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

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Band A, 2026/27, for the year £1,506.67 £150.67 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 £48.70 (3.3%) £1,457.97 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 B, 2026/27, for the year £1,757.78 £175.78 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 £56.82 (3.3%) £1,700.96 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 £2,008.89 £200.89 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 £64.93 (3.3%) £1,943.96 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 £2,260.00 £226.00 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 £73.05 (3.3%) £2,186.95 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 £2,762.22 £276.22 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 £89.28 (3.3%) £2,672.94 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 £3,264.44 £326.44 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 £105.51 (3.3%) £3,158.93 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 £3,766.67 £376.67 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 £121.75 (3.3%) £3,644.92 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 £4,520.00 £452.00 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 £146.10 (3.3%) £4,373.90 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.

South Kesteven 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 South Kesteven

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.

South Kesteven: published Band D components, 2026/27
Part of the billCharging bodyAnnual Band D
Council, including average local preceptsSouth Kesteven£253.90
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£2,260.00

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 £195.03. This is a separate measure, not an additional charge.

This council reports special expenses charged in part of its area. Its average council share cannot be treated as a uniform charge for every address. Use the council's local schedule for an exact bill.

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 South Kesteven

84 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 84 records shown.

South Kesteven: local Band D precepts as reported in the 2026/27 return
Parish or local body2025/262026/27Annual change
AllingtonPrecepting parish£84.84£90.62+£5.78
AncasterPrecepting parish£54.04£55.52+£1.48
Aslackby and LaughtonPrecepting parish£55.89£58.57+£2.68
Barholm and StoweNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
Barkston (grouped with Syston)Group£41.41£41.45+£0.04
BarrowbyPrecepting parish£77.06£85.56+£8.50
BastonPrecepting parish£41.78£41.59-£0.19
Belton and ManthorpePrecepting parish£13.28£19.40+£6.12
BillingboroughPrecepting parish£39.38£41.65+£2.27
Bitchfield and BassingthorpeNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
Boothby PagnellPrecepting parish£11.35£11.24-£0.11
BournePrecepting parish£44.08£49.00+£4.92
Braceborough and WilsthorpePrecepting parish£21.92£23.14+£1.22
Braceby and Sapperton (grouped with Ropsley)Group£0.00£0.00£0.00
Burton CogglesPrecepting parish£14.63£14.60-£0.03
Careby Aunby and HolywellNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
CarlbyPrecepting parish£52.93£54.16+£1.23
Carlton Scroop (grouped with Normanton)Group£71.32£73.73+£2.41
Castle BythamPrecepting parish£56.38£55.15-£1.23
CaythorpePrecepting parish£69.77£71.60+£1.83
ClaypolePrecepting parish£61.89£70.56+£8.67
Colsterworth (grouped with North Witham Gunby and Stainby)Group£57.67£57.79+£0.12
Corby GlenPrecepting parish£42.05£40.91-£1.14
Counthorpe and CreetonNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
Deeping St JamesPrecepting parish£94.05£111.22+£17.17
DentonPrecepting parish£53.99£71.43+£17.44
DowsbyPrecepting parish£41.36£38.66-£2.70
DunsbyPrecepting parish£14.81£16.89+£2.08
Easton (grouped with Stoke Rochford)Group£0.00£0.00£0.00
EdenhamPrecepting parish£26.89£27.82+£0.93
FentonPrecepting parish£16.58£16.45-£0.13
FolkinghamPrecepting parish£50.10£50.10£0.00
FostonPrecepting parish£64.39£70.26+£5.87
FulbeckPrecepting parish£45.71£48.39+£2.68
Grantham Parish CouncilPrecepting parish£12.10£14.23+£2.13
Great GonerbyPrecepting parish£52.80£71.34+£18.54
Great PontonPrecepting parish£98.83£98.21-£0.62
GreatfordPrecepting parish£33.16£33.38+£0.22
Gunby and Stainby (grouped with Colsterworth)Group£0.00£0.00£0.00
HaconbyPrecepting parish£9.36£9.57+£0.21
HarlaxtonPrecepting parish£65.96£72.50+£6.54
HeydourPrecepting parish£50.32£56.57+£6.25
HoningtonNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
HorblingPrecepting parish£39.78£41.68+£1.90
Hough on the HillPrecepting parish£61.78£63.68+£1.90
HoughamPrecepting parish£53.75£54.40+£0.65
IngoldsbyPrecepting parish£65.89£69.64+£3.75
IrnhamPrecepting parish£19.93£20.85+£0.92
Kirkby UnderwoodPrecepting parish£42.18£52.92+£10.74
LangtoftPrecepting parish£45.28£47.52+£2.24
Lenton Keisby and OsgodbyPrecepting parish£14.58£15.02+£0.44
Little BythamPrecepting parish£20.37£12.27-£8.10
Little Ponton and StroxtonPrecepting parish£106.46£113.14+£6.68
Londonthorpe and Harrowby WithoutPrecepting parish£19.80£19.94+£0.14
Long BenningtonPrecepting parish£54.26£54.81+£0.55
Market DeepingPrecepting parish£114.01£118.28+£4.27
MarstonPrecepting parish£37.70£37.81+£0.11
Morton & HanthorpePrecepting parish£18.54£18.73+£0.19
Normanton (grouped with Carlton Scroop)Group£0.00£0.00£0.00
North Witham (grouped with Colsterworth)Group£0.00£0.00£0.00
Old SomerbyPrecepting parish£43.31£43.45+£0.14
PickworthPrecepting parish£39.93£39.30-£0.63
Pointon and SempringhamPrecepting parish£92.46£92.60+£0.14
RippingalePrecepting parish£61.32£67.30+£5.98
Ropsley Humby (grouped with Braceby & Sapperton)Group£42.25£43.98+£1.73
SedgebrookPrecepting parish£89.28£95.42+£6.14
SkillingtonPrecepting parish£38.01£39.87+£1.86
South WithamPrecepting parish£55.14£58.02+£2.88
StamfordPrecepting parish£114.24£126.26+£12.02
Stoke Rochford (grouped with Easton)Group£76.34£90.56+£14.22
StubtonPrecepting parish£20.44£23.39+£2.95
SwayfieldPrecepting parish£23.53£24.17+£0.64
SwinsteadPrecepting parish£41.31£49.14+£7.83
Syston (grouped with Barkston)Group£0.00£0.00£0.00
TallingtonPrecepting parish£25.16£29.23+£4.07
ThurlbyPrecepting parish£25.78£33.05+£7.27
Toft with Lound and ManthorpeNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
UffingtonPrecepting parish£20.17£19.91-£0.26
WelbyPrecepting parish£21.18£22.33+£1.15
West DeepingPrecepting parish£97.13£103.63+£6.50
Westborough and Dry DoddingtonPrecepting parish£18.74£19.66+£0.92
Witham on the HillPrecepting parish£37.67£39.59+£1.92
Woolsthorpe By BelvoirPrecepting parish£86.72£104.69+£17.97
Wyville cum HungertonPrecepting parish£19.70£19.23-£0.47

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 South Kesteven 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 South Kesteven figure. Band D for every council in East Midlands.

How has Band D in South Kesteven changed?

2024/25: £2,115.01 £2,115.01 2024/25 2025/26: £2,186.95 £2,186.95 2025/26 2026/27: £2,260.00 £2,260.00 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 South Kesteven, as published each year
YearBand DSource
2024/25 £2,115.01 MHCLG Table 8
2025/26 £2,186.95 MHCLG Table 9
2026/27 £2,260.00 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

South Kesteven area charges, including average parish precepts
Band2024/252025/262026/27Two-year change
A£1,410.01£1,457.97£1,506.67£96.66
B£1,645.01£1,700.96£1,757.78£112.77
C£1,880.01£1,943.96£2,008.89£128.88
D£2,115.01£2,186.95£2,260.00£144.99
E£2,585.01£2,672.94£2,762.22£177.21
F£3,055.01£3,158.93£3,264.44£209.43
G£3,525.02£3,644.92£3,766.67£241.65
H£4,230.02£4,373.90£4,520.00£289.98

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 South Kesteven.

Long-term Band D history

The national live table holds 34 published area figures for South Kesteven, 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.

£509 to £2,260(+344.0% 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
South Kesteven: published Band D history, displayed pounds
YearWhole-area averageCouncil excluding parishesCouncil including average parishes
1993/94£509Unavailable£59
1994/95£548Unavailable£64
1995/96£578Unavailable£66
1996/97£605£59£69
1997/98£642£70£81
1998/99£722£74£85
1999/00£769£75£87
2000/01£810£75£88
2001/02£855£78£92
2002/03£935£85£101
2003/04£1,033£100£118
2004/05£1,096£107£126
2005/06£1,152£112£132
2006/07£1,209£117£139
2007/08£1,265£123£146
2008/09£1,344£129£156
2009/10£1,375£133£161
2010/11£1,409£135£164
2011/12£1,408£135£164
2012/13£1,417£135£164
2013/14£1,426£140£170
2014/15£1,431£140£171
2015/16£1,455£140£172
2016/17£1,507£145£177
2017/18£1,562£149£183
2018/19£1,638£154£189
2019/20£1,729£159£195
2020/21£1,791£164£202
2021/22£1,837£169£207
2022/23£1,922£174£213
2023/24£2,015£179£221
2024/25£2,115£184£232
2025/26£2,187£189£243
2026/27£2,260£195£254

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 South Kesteven?

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.

South Kesteven council's own Band D, 2026/27 £195.03 up 2.99% 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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