Cooling · Medway · 2026-27
How much is council tax in Cooling?
Estimate: council average plus this parish's precept (exact). In 6 published bills we checked, estimates were within £34. How the figures work
- Medway council£1,934.33
- Kent Police and Crime Commissioner£285.15
- Kent and Medway Fire Authority£99.81
- Cooling parish precept£69.24
Council tax bands in Cooling, 2026-27
Estimates: the Medway average charge plus the parish precept. Every band pays a fixed share of Band D.
| Band | Per year | Per month (10 payments) | Ratio to D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,592.35 | £159.23 | 6/9 |
| Band B | £1,857.75 | £185.78 | 7/9 |
| Band C | £2,123.14 | £212.31 | 8/9 |
| Band D | £2,388.53 | £238.85 | 9/9 |
| Band E | £2,919.31 | £291.93 | 11/9 |
| Band F | £3,450.10 | £345.01 | 13/9 |
| Band G | £3,980.88 | £398.09 | 15/9 |
| Band H | £4,777.06 | £477.71 | 18/9 |
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 Cooling.
Cooling is small: its tax base is 87 Band D-equivalent homes, so a modest change in the precept moves the charge per home a lot. It is left out of the parish rankings.
Band D in Cooling compared
Council tax a year for a Band D home, 2026-27; the Cooling figure is an estimate
- Band D a year
- Cooling
Cooling in 2026-27
Cooling's local council set a precept of £6,000 for 2026-27, raised from 87 Band D-equivalent homes: £69.24 on a Band D bill. In 2025-26 it was £46.55, so it has risen by £22.69. Estimated the same way, the whole Band D bill was £2,253.88 in 2025-26, so it is up 6.0%.
The rest of the estimate uses the average charges across Medway: £1,934.33 for Medway council, £285.15 for Kent Police and Crime Commissioner, £99.81 for Kent and Medway Fire Authority.
Council tax by band in Cooling, 2026-27
Each band is a fixed share of Band D; the tick is the England average for the band
- Cooling, each band
- Band D, the band every charge is set from
- England average for the band
View as table
| Band | Per year | 10 payments of | 12 payments of | England average | Ratio to D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,592.35 | £159.23 | £132.70 | £1,594.35 | 6/9 |
| Band B | £1,857.75 | £185.78 | £154.81 | £1,860.07 | 7/9 |
| Band C | £2,123.14 | £212.31 | £176.93 | £2,125.80 | 8/9 |
| Band D | £2,388.53 | £238.85 | £199.04 | £2,391.52 | 9/9 |
| Band E | £2,919.31 | £291.93 | £243.28 | £2,922.97 | 11/9 |
| Band F | £3,450.10 | £345.01 | £287.51 | £3,454.42 | 13/9 |
| Band G | £3,980.88 | £398.09 | £331.74 | £3,985.87 | 15/9 |
| Band H | £4,777.06 | £477.71 | £398.09 | £4,783.04 | 18/9 |
Questions
- What is Band D council tax in Cooling?
- About £2,388.53 for 2026-27, of which £69.24 is the parish precept (exact). Your council's published charges give the exact bill.
- How much is Band B council tax in Cooling?
- About £1,857.75 a year, or £185.78 a month over 10 payments.
- How does Cooling compare with the rest of Medway?
- Its parish precept adds £69.24 to a Band D bill; across Medway parish precepts add £9.26 on average (spread over every home, including those with no parish precept).
Parishes in Medway 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