GuideCouncil Tax FAQs

For 2026/2027 financial year

The money collected through Council Tax helps pay for a proportion of services for more than 842,000 people in the Devon County area. Council Tax is collected by East Devon District Council and distributed across these local public authorities:

• 73% goes to Devon County Council to provide education, roads, care for older people and people with disabilities, child protection, youth services, libraries, recycling centres and waste disposal.
• 12% goes to Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall Police to provide law and order and crime reduction.
• 4% goes to Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Authority to provide fire prevention and fire and rescue services.
• 7% goes to East Devon District Council to provide refuse collection, kerbside recycling, homeless and private sector housing services, planning, street cleaning and leisure
• 4% goes to Town and Parish councils to provide local amenities.

If you have a query regarding the amount charged by any of the above organisations, please contact the relevant body direct.

East Devon District Council's Council Tax charges 2026/27

Your Council Tax band is decided by the Listing Officer from the Valuation Office and is based on the open market value of a property on 1 April 1991. All properties are placed into one of eight bands and the band for your home will be shown on your bill. In some cases, a Council Tax bill varies depending on the number of adults living in the household. This is how much East Devon District Council charges for each band:

East Devon District Council spending plans 2026/27:

General Fund comment:

East Devon District Council plans to spend £82.5m (gross) this year on providing services to people in East Devon. £70.9m of this comes from income we receive from business rates, property rents, fees and charges and government administration grants which leaves £11.2m (£11.2m 2025/26) to be met through Council Tax. East Devon District Council’s share of Council Tax will increase by 2.99% and Band D will be charged at £176.92 a year.

£14.3m will be spent on Housing Benefit and Council Tax Reduction payments, mainly met by government grants. Other areas of expenditure include £11.6m on recycling and collecting waste and Street Cleansing, £1.8m car parks, £3.5m parks & pleasure grounds, £3.1m sports centres and swimming pools, £1.1m public conveniences, £2.7m Homelessness and £4.7m on development management and planning applications administration.

Capital spending comment:

In addition to the spending detailed above, during 2026/27 capital projects spend is planned of £24.3m.  The main areas of spend being; £18.2m on council housing, £2.4m on economic development & regeneration, £1.1m on Housing improvement grants, £1.5m within the Streetscene portfolio including fleet replacement.

HRA comment:

Spending on Council owned housing is planned to be £23.9m to provide management and maintenance of the housing stock and planned improvements. These costs are met from rents paid by tenants.

Detailed information including Revenue & Capital Estimates is available in our Finance pages.

Directorate plans

Our annual directorate plans detail what will be delivered. They provide information about the directorate and what it aims to achieve in the current financial year. They also set out challenges for the next three years, emerging risks, staffing and training and any equality actions to be achieved. 

Council Tax Bands, Parish Precepts and Town and Parish Councils with budgets over £140k in 2026/27:

You can calculate your Council Tax based on your postcode.

• Schedule 1 Breakdown of a band D charge by parish
• Schedule 2 East Devon District Council charge (including Town/Parish tax) by parish
• Schedule 3 Council Tax charge (all bands) by parish
• Town and Parish Councils with budgets over £140,000 - 2026/27

The average 2026/27 Council Tax charge for a band D property in East Devon is £2,595.46 and is made up as follows: