Information about charges - 2026-27

If your property is in one of the five parish areas you will pay an additional amount of council tax which goes to the parish council. The amount will be shown on your bill.

Each of the parish councils set a precept, which tells the borough council how much money it wants to receive from council tax for the forthcoming financial year.

The council then divides this precept by the tax base for the relevant parish which gives the parish council amount for a band D property. The tax base is the total number of properties in the area at a set point in time after all discounts and exemptions have been applied and all bands are converted to a band D.

The parish council precepts, tax base and band D council tax for each of the parishes for 2025-26 and 2026-27 are as follows:

Parish council council tax information 2026-27
Parish Tax base Precept (£) Council tax band D (£) Increase/decrease from previous year
Charlton Kings

5,086.00

284,461.00

55.93

8.52%

Leckhampton with Warden Hill

3,658.90

145,360.00

39.73

45.05%
Prestbury

3,237.70

119,865.00

37.02

2.18%
Swindon

763.80

14,765.94

19.33

1.84%
Up Hatherley

2,548.60

37,436.00

14.69

4.93%
Total

 

601,887.94

 

 

 

Parish council council tax information 2025-26

Parish

Tax base

Precept (£)

Council tax band D (£)

Charlton Kings

5,049.80

260,263.00

51.54

Leckhampton with Warden Hill

3,523.30

96,505.00

27.39

Prestbury

3,228.20

116,965.00

36.23

Swindon

707.20

13,423.58

18.98

Up Hatherley

2,549.50

35,700.00

14.00

Total

 

522,856.58

 

*Parishes that set a precept over £140,000 must provide a breakdown of their budget. Charlton Kings Parish Council and Leckhampton with Warden Hill Parish Council have set a budget over £140,000.

Parish council amounts for each band

Parish council amounts of council tax for each valudation band (A to H) - 2026-27

Part of the council's area

Band A (£)

Band B (£)

Band C (£)

Band D (£) 

Band E (£)

 Band F (£)

Band G (£)

Band H (£)

Charlton Kings

37.29

43.50

49.72

55.93

68.36

80.79

93.22

111.86

Leckhampton with Warden Hill

26.49

30.90

35.32

39.73

48.56

57.39

66.22

79.46

Prestbury

24.68

28.79

32.91

37.02

45.25

53.47

61.70

74.04

Swindon

12.89

15.03

17.18

19.33

23.63

27.92

32.22

38.66

Up Hatherley

9.79

11.43

13.06

14.69

17.95

21.22

24.48

29.38

 

Total council tax for each band

The above amounts are added to the amounts for Gloucestershire County Council, The Police and Crime Commissioner for Gloucestershire, the borough of Cheltenham for each parish council to make the total council tax 2026/27, for each of the categories of dwellings, as follows:

Total council tax for each valuation band (A to H) - 2026-27

Part of the council's area

Band A (£)

Band B (£)

Band C (£)

Band D (£) 

Band E (£)

 Band F (£)

Band G (£)

Band H (£)

Charlton Kings

1,608.05

1,876.07

2,144.08

2,412.08

2,948.09

3,484.12

4,020.13

4,824.16

Leckhampton with Warden Hill

1,597.25

1,863.47

2,129.68

2,395.88

2,928.29

3,460.72

3,993.13

4,791.76

Prestbury

1,595.44

1,861.36

2,127.27

2,393.17

2,924.98

3,456.80

3,988.61

4,786.34

Swindon

1,583.65

1,847.60

2,111.54

2,375.48

2,903.36

3,431.25

3,959.13

4,750.96

Up Hatherley

1,580.55

1,844.00

2,107.42

2,370.84

2,897.68

3,424.55

3,951.39

4,741.68

Parish websites for information