Council Tax

Appeals against your Council Tax band

If you are dissatisfied with the Band your property is placed in, you may appeal against it, subject to the conditions outlined below.

Please note that:

'ALL appeals against council tax bands should be directed to the Valuation Office Agency and NOT Maidstone Borough Council'.

Conditions

You can appeal against the band set on your property if:

You have been liable for the property for less than six months and you can demonstrate that the value of the property as at 1st April 1991 would have placed the property into a different band; and/or
There has been a change in the physical state of the area, or structural changes to the property, which would reduce the value sufficiently to place it into another band.

As stated above, the current council tax valuations are based on 1st April 1991 values. General changes in house prices since this date cannot be considered as grounds for an appeal.

Until a Valuation Office Agency appeal has been determined, you must pay the bill. If your appeal is successful, you will be credited with any overpayment.

Other Appeals

If you are dissatisfied with any decision of the Council relating to the granting or not granting of any exemption, discount or disabled person relief, you should initially address your appeal to the Revenues Section of the Council at Maidstone House, King Street, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 6JQ.