Melling · Sefton · 2026-27

How much is council tax in Melling?

Band D, 2026-27 (estimate)£2,603.17£19.95 more than the Sefton Band D average (£2,583.22).
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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 2026-27MellingBand D
  • Sefton council£2,145.51
  • Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner£293.97
  • Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority£101.25
  • Liverpool City Region Combined Authority£24.00
  • Melling parish precept£38.44
Total for the year£2,603.17
Parish part
£38.44
−£0.18 on 2025-26
Band A
£1,735.45
6/9 of Band D
Per month
£260.32
Band D over 10 payments
Band D homes
1,192
the parish tax base

Council tax bands in Melling, 2026-27

Estimates: the Sefton 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£1,735.45£173.556/9
Band B£2,024.69£202.477/9
Band C£2,313.93£231.398/9
Band D£2,603.17£260.329/9
Band E£3,181.65£318.1711/9
Band F£3,760.13£376.0113/9
Band G£4,338.62£433.8615/9
Band H£5,206.34£520.6318/9

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Band D in Melling compared

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

MellingMelling£2,603Sefton averageSefton average£2,583No parish partNo parish part£2,565England averageEngland average£2,392
MellingMelling£2,603Sefton averageSefton average£2,583No parish partNo parish part£2,565England averageEngland average£2,392
  • Band D a year
  • Melling
Source: MHCLG Council Tax levels 2026-27 and town and parish council statistics 2026-27.

Melling in 2026-27

Melling's local council set a precept of £45,800 for 2026-27, raised from 1,192 Band D-equivalent homes: £38.44 on a Band D bill. In 2025-26 it was £38.62, so it has fallen by £0.18 (0.5%). Estimated the same way, the whole Band D bill was £2,481.38 in 2025-26, so it is up 4.9%.

The rest of the estimate uses the average charges across Sefton: £2,145.51 for Sefton council, £293.97 for Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner, £101.25 for Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority, £24.00 for Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.

Council tax by band in Melling, 2026-27

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

Band A: £1,735.45£1,735AEngland average Band A: £1,594.35Band B: £2,024.69£2,025BEngland average Band B: £1,860.07Band C: £2,313.93£2,314CEngland average Band C: £2,125.80Band D: £2,603.17£2,603DEngland average Band D: £2,391.52Band E: £3,181.65£3,182EEngland average Band E: £2,922.97Band F: £3,760.13£3,760FEngland average Band F: £3,454.42Band G: £4,338.62£4,339GEngland average Band G: £3,985.87Band H: £5,206.34£5,206HEngland average Band H: £4,783.04
Band A: £1,735.45£1,735AEngland average Band A: £1,594.35Band B: £2,024.69£2,025BEngland average Band B: £1,860.07Band C: £2,313.93£2,314CEngland average Band C: £2,125.80Band D: £2,603.17£2,603DEngland average Band D: £2,391.52Band E: £3,181.65£3,182EEngland average Band E: £2,922.97Band F: £3,760.13£3,760FEngland average Band F: £3,454.42Band G: £4,338.62£4,339GEngland average Band G: £3,985.87Band H: £5,206.34£5,206HEngland average Band H: £4,783.04
  • Melling, each band
  • Band D, the band every charge is set from
  • England average for the band
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BandPer year10 payments of12 payments ofEngland averageRatio to D
Band A£1,735.45£173.55£144.62£1,594.356/9
Band B£2,024.69£202.47£168.72£1,860.077/9
Band C£2,313.93£231.39£192.83£2,125.808/9
Band D£2,603.17£260.32£216.93£2,391.529/9
Band E£3,181.65£318.17£265.14£2,922.9711/9
Band F£3,760.13£376.01£313.34£3,454.4213/9
Band G£4,338.62£433.86£361.55£3,985.8715/9
Band H£5,206.34£520.63£433.86£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 Melling?
About £2,603.17 for 2026-27, of which £38.44 is the parish precept (exact). Your council's published charges give the exact bill.
How much is Band B council tax in Melling?
About £2,024.69 a year, or £202.47 a month over 10 payments.
How does Melling compare with the rest of Sefton?
Its parish precept adds £38.44 to a Band D bill; across Sefton parish precepts add £18.49 on average (spread over every home, including those with no parish precept).

Parishes in Sefton 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