Test Valley Borough Council

Council Tax and Business Rates

Test Valley Borough Council is a Shire District Council in England. It contains approximately 54,168 residential properties subject to Council Tax, and approximately 4,253 commercial properties subject to Business Rates.

The most common Council Tax band in Test Valley is C, and the median Council Tax band is D.

The average (mean) Council Tax value in Test Valley is £1,916.61.

See these figures compared to other councils on our Council Tax Comparison page.

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Council Tax Bands

Band Amount Properties
Band A £1,225 2,833
Band B £1,429 9,227
Band C £1,634 14,374
Band D £1,838 10,439
Band E £2,246 8,309
Band F £2,655 4,861
Band G £3,063 3,658
Band H £3,676 467

Business Rate Stats

Number of Rateable Premises 4,253
Number of premises with rateable value greater than £10,000 1,883
Number of premises with rateable value greater than £100,000 197
Number of premises with rateable value greater than £1,000,000 9
Highest Rateable Value £3,010,000
Average Rateable Value (Mean) £27,940
Median Rateable Value £8,400
Typical Rateable Value (Mode) £10,000

Business Rate Multipliers

Rating Band Values Up To Multiplier
Small £18,000 48.4%
Large all higher values 49.7%

Statistical information (eg, number of properties per council tax band, average business rates) are a snapshot from the time when this data was last updated. New constuction, demolition, change of use and revaluing means that the number of properties continuously changes, and this takes time to feed through to the published data.

Although Test Valley Borough Council sends out the bills and collects the money, it is not responsible for the entire amount that you owe.

Council tax is levied by a variety of different bodies, including Fire authorities and Police authorities as well as the local councils. Not all of these will apply to every location, but there will usually be more than one authority which levies council tax.

Business rates are set centrally by national government, according to a formula based on the nominal rental value of a property. Local authorities have some discretion to allow Business Rate Relief under certain circumstances, but they cannot vary the basic level at which Business Rates are charged.

Postcodes in Test Valley Borough Council

Active geographic postcodes only. Non-geographic and "large user" codes are not listed here, as they do not have taxable addresses. For details of all postcodes in an area, see Check My Postcode.