Swale, Council Tax Notice
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SWALE BOROUGH COUNCIL
Swale Borough Council hereby gives notice that on 19 February 2025, in accordance with Section 38 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, it has set for the year commencing 1st April 2025, a Council Tax for each of the Bands A - H. These details, together with the areas of Swale, which include a precept being collected for Parish/Town Councils, Kent County Council, the Kent Police and Crime Commissioner and Kent and Medway Fire and Rescue Authority are shown in the table below.
Council Tax 2025/26 |
Band A |
Band B |
Band C |
Band D |
Band E |
Band F |
Band G |
Band H |
|
£ p |
£ p |
£ p |
£ p |
£ p |
£ p |
£ p |
£ p |
Bapchild |
1,521.88 |
1,775.53 |
2,029.17 |
2,282.82 |
2,790.11 |
3,297.41 |
3,804.70 |
4,565.64 |
Bobbing |
1,544.19 |
1,801.55 |
2,058.91 |
2,316.28 |
2,831.01 |
3,345.74 |
3,860.47 |
4,632.56 |
Borden |
1,556.68 |
1,816.13 |
2,075.57 |
2,335.02 |
2,853.91 |
3,372.81 |
3,891.70 |
4,670.04 |
Boughton-Under-Blean |
1,602.94 |
1,870.10 |
2,137.25 |
2,404.41 |
2,938.72 |
3,473.04 |
4,007.35 |
4,808.82 |
Bredgar |
1,536.70 |
1,792.82 |
2,048.93 |
2,305.05 |
2,817.28 |
3,329.52 |
3,841.75 |
4,610.10 |
Doddington |
1,535.30 |
1,791.19 |
2,047.06 |
2,302.95 |
2,814.71 |
3,326.49 |
3,838.25 |
4,605.90 |
Dunkirk |
1,550.05 |
1,808.40 |
2,066.73 |
2,325.08 |
2,841.76 |
3,358.45 |
3,875.13 |
4,650.16 |
Eastchurch |
1,573.66 |
1,835.94 |
2,098.21 |
2,360.49 |
2,885.04 |
3,409.60 |
3,934.15 |
4,720.98 |
Eastling |
1,531.89 |
1,787.21 |
2,042.52 |
2,297.84 |
2,808.47 |
3,319.11 |
3,829.73 |
4,595.68 |
Faversham Town Council |
1,576.11 |
1,838.80 |
2,101.48 |
2,364.17 |
2,889.54 |
3,414.92 |
3,940.28 |
4,728.34 |
Graveney & Goodnestone |
1,556.83 |
1,816.31 |
2,075.77 |
2,335.25 |
2,854.19 |
3,373.14 |
3,892.08 |
4,670.50 |
Hartlip |
1,546.61 |
1,804.39 |
2,062.15 |
2,319.92 |
2,835.45 |
3,351.00 |
3,866.53 |
4,639.84 |
Hernhill |
1,545.68 |
1,803.30 |
2,060.90 |
2,318.52 |
2,833.74 |
3,348.98 |
3,864.20 |
4,637.04 |
Iwade |
1,539.69 |
1,796.30 |
2,052.91 |
2,309.53 |
2,822.76 |
3,335.99 |
3,849.22 |
4,619.06 |
Leysdown |
1,553.64 |
1,812.58 |
2,071.52 |
2,330.46 |
2,848.34 |
3,366.22 |
3,884.10 |
4,660.92 |
Lower Halstow |
1,563.71 |
1,824.33 |
2,084.94 |
2,345.56 |
2,866.79 |
3,388.03 |
3,909.27 |
4,691.12 |
Luddenham |
1,508.56 |
1,759.99 |
2,011.41 |
2,262.84 |
2,765.69 |
3,268.55 |
3,771.40 |
4,525.68 |
Lynsted |
1,557.79 |
1,817.42 |
2,077.05 |
2,336.68 |
2,855.94 |
3,375.21 |
3,894.47 |
4,673.36 |
Milstead |
1,554.91 |
1,814.07 |
2,073.21 |
2,332.37 |
2,850.67 |
3,368.98 |
3,887.28 |
4,664.74 |
Minster |
1,531.89 |
1,787.21 |
2,042.52 |
2,297.84 |
2,808.47 |
3,319.11 |
3,829.73 |
4,595.68 |
Newington |
1,547.03 |
1,804.88 |
2,062.71 |
2,320.55 |
2,836.22 |
3,351.91 |
3,867.58 |
4,641.10 |
Newnham |
1,531.42 |
1,786.66 |
2,041.89 |
2,297.13 |
2,807.60 |
3,318.08 |
3,828.55 |
4,594.26 |
Norton & Buckland |
1,539.27 |
1,795.82 |
2,052.36 |
2,308.91 |
2,822.00 |
3,335.10 |
3,848.18 |
4,617.82 |
Oare |
1,565.77 |
1,826.73 |
2,087.69 |
2,348.65 |
2,870.57 |
3,392.50 |
3,914.42 |
4,697.30 |
Ospringe |
1,541.31 |
1,798.20 |
2,055.08 |
2,311.97 |
2,825.74 |
3,339.52 |
3,853.28 |
4,623.94 |
Queenborough Town Council |
1,561.73 |
1,822.03 |
2,082.31 |
2,342.60 |
2,863.17 |
3,383.76 |
3,904.33 |
4,685.20 |
Rodmersham |
1,546.01 |
1,803.69 |
2,061.35 |
2,319.02 |
2,834.35 |
3,349.70 |
3,865.03 |
4,638.04 |
Selling |
1,541.17 |
1,798.03 |
2,054.89 |
2,311.75 |
2,825.47 |
3,339.20 |
3,852.92 |
4,623.50 |
Sheerness |
1,541.68 |
1,798.63 |
2,055.57 |
2,312.52 |
2,826.41 |
3,340.31 |
3,854.20 |
4,625.04 |
Sheldwich, Leaveland & Badlesmere |
1,531.53 |
1,786.78 |
2,042.03 |
2,297.29 |
2,807.80 |
3,318.31 |
3,828.82 |
4,594.58 |
Stalisfield |
1,529.37 |
1,784.27 |
2,039.16 |
2,294.06 |
2,803.85 |
3,313.65 |
3,823.43 |
4,588.12 |
Teynham |
1,558.21 |
1,817.92 |
2,077.61 |
2,337.32 |
2,856.72 |
3,376.13 |
3,895.53 |
4,674.64 |
Throwley |
1,528.11 |
1,782.80 |
2,037.48 |
2,292.17 |
2,801.54 |
3,310.92 |
3,820.28 |
4,584.34 |
Tonge |
1,524.28 |
1,778.33 |
2,032.37 |
2,286.42 |
2,794.51 |
3,302.61 |
3,810.70 |
4,572.84 |
Tunstall |
1,515.82 |
1,768.46 |
2,021.09 |
2,273.73 |
2,779.00 |
3,284.28 |
3,789.55 |
4,547.46 |
Upchurch |
1,541.65 |
1,798.59 |
2,055.53 |
2,312.47 |
2,826.35 |
3,340.24 |
3,854.12 |
4,624.94 |
Warden |
1,530.15 |
1,785.17 |
2,040.19 |
2,295.22 |
2,805.27 |
3,315.32 |
3,825.37 |
4,590.44 |
All other parts of the Council’s area |
1,508.56 |
1,759.99 |
2,011.41 |
2,262.84 |
2,765.69 |
3,268.55 |
3,771.40 |
4,525.68 |
Second homes - dwellings which are normally unoccupied and furnished will receive a discount of 0% and will have the charge increased by 100%.
Empty properties - dwellings which are normally unoccupied and unfurnished for a period of 12 months or less will receive a discount of 0%
Empty properties - dwellings which are normally unoccupied and unfurnished for a period of one year or more will receive a discount of 0% and have the Council Tax charge increased by 100%
Empty properties - dwellings which are normally unoccupied and unfurnished for a period of five years or more will receive a discount of 0% and have the Council Tax charge increased by 200%
Empty properties - dwellings which are normally unoccupied and unfurnished for a period of ten years or more will receive a discount of 0% and have the Council Tax charge increased by 300%
Empty and unfurnished properties requiring or undergoing structural repair or alteration or major works will receive a discount of 0%
Lisa Fillery, Director of Resources
19 February 2025
Swale House, East Street, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 3HT
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