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Charges for 2026/27

Breakdown of 2026/27 charge

The full amount of Council tax you pay consists of five individual charges known as ‘precepts’ from five separate authorities:

  • Mid Devon District Council
  • Devon County Council
  • Devon & Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner
  • Devon & Somerset Fire and Rescue Authority
  • Your local Town or Parish Council.

Every £1 of Council Tax you pay is split in the following way for Services delivered by the above Council’s:

The figure for Town and Parish Councils is an average. What you pay will depend on your own Town or Parish Council’s precept. The following table shows the total amount charged by each authority and the average cost to a Band D Council Taxpayer:

Precept Average Band ‘D’ charge * Increase (%)
Devon County Council £1,891.17 4.99
Devon & Cornwall Police Crime Commissioner £303.20 5.2
Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue £109.68 4.78
Mid Devon District Council £246.29 2.99
Town and Parish Councils (Average) £106.07 20.66
Total £2,656.41 5.36

*On the council tax bill, the increase is rounded to 1 decimal place.

Although Mid Devon District Council have increased our share of Council Tax by 2.99% for 2026/27, our overall proportion has decreased from 9.5% in 2025/26 to 9.3% for 2026/27; due to larger rises in other authorities. A Band D property will be required to pay £246.29. What you are actually charged is based on the Council Tax

Banding of your property and is allocated on the following basis:

Band 

Proportion paid of Band D

A

6/9ths (two-thirds of the full charge)

B

7/9ths

C

8/9ths

D

9/9ths (the full charge)

E

11/9ths

F

13/9ths

G

15/9ths

H

18/9ths (twice the full charge)

How does this compare to last year?

The following chart shows how our gross spending plans for 2026/27 compared to 2025/26:

 

Mid Devon District Council - 2026/27 Budget Overview

The 2026/27 Budget follows the Government’s long anticipated revamp of local government funding mechanisms. The government’s focus has shifted away from recognising the additional costs involved in providing services in rural areas, to focus on deprivation. As such Mid Devon has lost funding.

Despite losing more funding, the announcement of the next three-years’ funding enables the Council to build on its stable financial footing and effectively plan the delivery of its corporate objectives.

Through a collaborative process, with multiple opportunities for residents, businesses and elected members to engage and shape our decisions, the balance budget protects service delivery and continues to invest in our local communities. We continue to invest in social housing, economic development to create new businesses and jobs and climate change.

With inflation continuing above the government’s 2% target, costs have risen more than our income. Looking at the wider economy, there remains potential events that could knock-on to the economy and thereby affect Mid Devon. However, there are still positives with continuing growth in our leisure membership numbers, and increased numbers of planning applications potentially indicating an upturn in the house market.

Other key elements for this budget are the reduction in the cost of the pension scheme, following good investment performance, and the increase in grant funding from those companies that have high amounts of packaging on their projects. These one-off benefits have helped balance the budget.

Although the funding position is now more secure, we currently forecast a funding shortfall of £5.5m over the next three years. Adding Local Government Reorganisation will make planning future service delivery very challenging. However, the Council remains in a strong financial position due to a good track record of robust financial management, effective budget management, the achievement of planned cost reductions / efficiencies and maintaining healthy levels of reserves.

Town and Parish Council precepts

Below is a list of this year's charges. To find out how much you will pay, find the Parish that you live in the left column and the band that your property is in along the top row. The amount shown is the full charge for the financial year 2026/27, which includes all five authority’s charges added together.

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