Earls Colne · Braintree · 2026-27

How much is council tax in Earls Colne?

Band D, 2026-27 (estimate)£2,332.81£52.47 more than the Braintree Band D average (£2,280.34).
Your band
Check your band on GOV.UK

Estimate: council average plus this parish's precept (exact). In 6 published bills we checked, estimates were within £34. How the figures work

Council tax 2026-27Earls ColneBand D
  • Braintree council£206.01
  • Essex County Council£1,641.96
  • Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner - Police£275.31
  • Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner - Fire£92.52
  • Earls Colne parish precept£117.01
Total for the year£2,332.81
Parish part
£117.01
+£2.19 on 2025-26
Band A
£1,555.21
6/9 of Band D
Per month
£233.28
Band D over 10 payments
Band D homes
1,561
the parish tax base

Council tax bands in Earls Colne, 2026-27

Estimates: the Braintree average charge plus the parish precept. Every band pays a fixed share of Band D.

BandPer yearPer month (10 payments)Ratio to D
Band A£1,555.21£155.526/9
Band B£1,814.41£181.447/9
Band C£2,073.61£207.368/9
Band D£2,332.81£233.289/9
Band E£2,851.21£285.1211/9
Band F£3,369.61£336.9613/9
Band G£3,888.02£388.8015/9
Band H£4,665.62£466.5618/9

Not sure of your band?

We cannot look up individual homes. The Valuation Office Agency checker on GOV.UK gives the band for any address in Earls Colne.

Find your own home's band GOV.UK, opens the official tool

Band D in Earls Colne compared

Council tax a year for a Band D home, 2026-27; the Earls Colne figure is an estimate

Earls ColneEarls Colne£2,333Braintree averageBraintree average£2,280No parish partNo parish part£2,216England averageEngland average£2,392
Earls ColneEarls Colne£2,333Braintree aver…Braintree average£2,280No parish partNo parish part£2,216England averageEngland average£2,392
  • Band D a year
  • Earls Colne
Source: MHCLG Council Tax levels 2026-27 and town and parish council statistics 2026-27.

Earls Colne in 2026-27

Earls Colne's local council set a precept of £182,650 for 2026-27, raised from 1,561 Band D-equivalent homes: £117.01 on a Band D bill. In 2025-26 it was £114.82, so it has risen by £2.19 (1.9%). Estimated the same way, the whole Band D bill was £2,248.36 in 2025-26, so it is up 3.8%.

The rest of the estimate uses the average charges across Braintree: £206.01 for Braintree council, £1,641.96 for Essex County Council, £275.31 for Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner - Police, £92.52 for Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner - Fire.

Council tax by band in Earls Colne, 2026-27

Each band is a fixed share of Band D; the tick is the England average for the band

Band A: £1,555.21£1,555AEngland average Band A: £1,594.35Band B: £1,814.41£1,814BEngland average Band B: £1,860.07Band C: £2,073.61£2,074CEngland average Band C: £2,125.80Band D: £2,332.81£2,333DEngland average Band D: £2,391.52Band E: £2,851.21£2,851EEngland average Band E: £2,922.97Band F: £3,369.61£3,370FEngland average Band F: £3,454.42Band G: £3,888.02£3,888GEngland average Band G: £3,985.87Band H: £4,665.62£4,666HEngland average Band H: £4,783.04
Band A: £1,555.21£1,555AEngland average Band A: £1,594.35Band B: £1,814.41£1,814BEngland average Band B: £1,860.07Band C: £2,073.61£2,074CEngland average Band C: £2,125.80Band D: £2,332.81£2,333DEngland average Band D: £2,391.52Band E: £2,851.21£2,851EEngland average Band E: £2,922.97Band F: £3,369.61£3,370FEngland average Band F: £3,454.42Band G: £3,888.02£3,888GEngland average Band G: £3,985.87Band H: £4,665.62£4,666HEngland average Band H: £4,783.04
  • Earls Colne, each band
  • Band D, the band every charge is set from
  • England average for the band
View as table
BandPer year10 payments of12 payments ofEngland averageRatio to D
Band A£1,555.21£155.52£129.60£1,594.356/9
Band B£1,814.41£181.44£151.20£1,860.077/9
Band C£2,073.61£207.36£172.80£2,125.808/9
Band D£2,332.81£233.28£194.40£2,391.529/9
Band E£2,851.21£285.12£237.60£2,922.9711/9
Band F£3,369.61£336.96£280.80£3,454.4213/9
Band G£3,888.02£388.80£324.00£3,985.8715/9
Band H£4,665.62£466.56£388.80£4,783.0418/9
Source: worked out from MHCLG 2026-27 Band D amounts and the statutory band ratios.

Questions

What is Band D council tax in Earls Colne?
About £2,332.81 for 2026-27, of which £117.01 is the parish precept (exact). Your council's published charges give the exact bill.
How much is Band B council tax in Earls Colne?
About £1,814.41 a year, or £181.44 a month over 10 payments.
How does Earls Colne compare with the rest of Braintree?
Its parish precept adds £117.01 to a Band D bill; across Braintree parish precepts add £64.54 on average (spread over every home, including those with no parish precept).

Parishes in Braintree with a similar precept

Parish part of a Band D bill.

Data: MHCLG, 2026-27 releases, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources and method