Challenging council tax banding

Lolly_T · 18 February 2019 at 1:41PM

Hi,

Does anyone know how it is possible to challenge a banding (in England) when all other houses in the street or estate are in the same band so I can’t fulfil that part of the criteria?

We have moved into a tiny one bedroom bungalow with a very small garden. It’s sheltered housing so is owned by a Housing Association. There are one and two bedroom Bungalows in the same street, and all are in Band B.

I’ve looked up the banding of one bedroom housing association bungalows in several other roads in my town and all are in Band A, however they weren’t built at the same time, nor are they on the same estate so don’t meet the criteria.

Also as they are HA Bungalows there are no sale prices to look at.

Should I just forget about challenging the band and keep paying for band B? 😟

Thanks in advance. 😊

lincroft1710 · 18 February 2019 at 2:14PM

If the Band A bungalows are in streets of a similar desirability to yours, it might be worth a challenge. But if for example the Band As are in the middle of a sink estate and your bungalow is in a nice residential area, then they won't be much use in your case.

Lolly_T · 18 February 2019 at 5:49PM

lincroft1710 wrote: »

If the Band A bungalows are in streets of a similar desirability to yours, it might be worth a challenge. But if for example the Band As are in the middle of a sink estate and your bungalow is in a nice residential area, then they won't be much use in your case.

Thanks.

A lot of the others are actually in nicer areas although there’s not much in it, but I think I’m going to struggle to make comparisons based on age of property (ours are 1980s and most of the others look about 1960s), and proximity as the nearest are a couple of miles away across town.

lincroft1710 · 19 February 2019 at 2:47PM

As yours was built in the 1980s, there is a possibility a previous occupier may have appealed but failed. I think the worst that could happen if you appealed would be the Band As would be increased, so it may be worth your while.

Challenging council tax banding

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