Cotton · Mid Suffolk · 2026-27

How much is council tax in Cotton?

Band D, 2026-27 (estimate)£2,257.82£59.06 less than the Mid Suffolk Band D average (£2,316.88).
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 2026-27CottonBand D
  • Mid Suffolk council£180.26
  • Suffolk County Council£1,731.69
  • Suffolk Police and Crime Commissioner£304.47
  • Cotton parish precept£41.40
Total for the year£2,257.82
Parish part
£41.40
+£3.94 on 2025-26
Band A
£1,505.21
6/9 of Band D
Per month
£225.78
Band D over 10 payments
Band D homes
253
the parish tax base

Council tax bands in Cotton, 2026-27

Estimates: the Mid Suffolk 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£1,505.21£150.526/9
Band B£1,756.08£175.617/9
Band C£2,006.95£200.698/9
Band D£2,257.82£225.789/9
Band E£2,759.56£275.9611/9
Band F£3,261.30£326.1313/9
Band G£3,763.03£376.3015/9
Band H£4,515.64£451.5618/9

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 Cotton.

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

Band D in Cotton compared

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

CottonCotton£2,258Mid Suffolk averageMid Suffolk average£2,317No parish partNo parish part£2,216England averageEngland average£2,392
CottonCotton£2,258Mid Suffolk av…Mid Suffolk average£2,317No parish partNo parish part£2,216England averageEngland average£2,392
  • Band D a year
  • Cotton
Source: MHCLG Council Tax levels 2026-27 and town and parish council statistics 2026-27.

Cotton in 2026-27

Cotton's local council set a precept of £10,480 for 2026-27, raised from 253 Band D-equivalent homes: £41.40 on a Band D bill. In 2025-26 it was £37.46, so it has risen by £3.94 (10.5%). Estimated the same way, the whole Band D bill was £2,151.45 in 2025-26, so it is up 4.9%.

The rest of the estimate uses the average charges across Mid Suffolk: £180.26 for Mid Suffolk council, £1,731.69 for Suffolk County Council, £304.47 for Suffolk Police and Crime Commissioner.

Council tax by band in Cotton, 2026-27

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

Band A: £1,505.21£1,505AEngland average Band A: £1,594.35Band B: £1,756.08£1,756BEngland average Band B: £1,860.07Band C: £2,006.95£2,007CEngland average Band C: £2,125.80Band D: £2,257.82£2,258DEngland average Band D: £2,391.52Band E: £2,759.56£2,760EEngland average Band E: £2,922.97Band F: £3,261.30£3,261FEngland average Band F: £3,454.42Band G: £3,763.03£3,763GEngland average Band G: £3,985.87Band H: £4,515.64£4,516HEngland average Band H: £4,783.04
Band A: £1,505.21£1,505AEngland average Band A: £1,594.35Band B: £1,756.08£1,756BEngland average Band B: £1,860.07Band C: £2,006.95£2,007CEngland average Band C: £2,125.80Band D: £2,257.82£2,258DEngland average Band D: £2,391.52Band E: £2,759.56£2,760EEngland average Band E: £2,922.97Band F: £3,261.30£3,261FEngland average Band F: £3,454.42Band G: £3,763.03£3,763GEngland average Band G: £3,985.87Band H: £4,515.64£4,516HEngland average Band H: £4,783.04
  • Cotton, 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£1,505.21£150.52£125.43£1,594.356/9
Band B£1,756.08£175.61£146.34£1,860.077/9
Band C£2,006.95£200.69£167.25£2,125.808/9
Band D£2,257.82£225.78£188.15£2,391.529/9
Band E£2,759.56£275.96£229.96£2,922.9711/9
Band F£3,261.30£326.13£271.78£3,454.4213/9
Band G£3,763.03£376.30£313.59£3,985.8715/9
Band H£4,515.64£451.56£376.30£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 Cotton?
About £2,257.82 for 2026-27, of which £41.40 is the parish precept (exact). Your council's published charges give the exact bill.
How much is Band B council tax in Cotton?
About £1,756.08 a year, or £175.61 a month over 10 payments.
How does Cotton compare with the rest of Mid Suffolk?
Its parish precept adds £41.40 to a Band D bill; across Mid Suffolk parish precepts add £100.46 on average (spread over every home, including those with no parish precept).

Parishes in Mid Suffolk 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