Your Council Tax 2023

8.0p in every £1 you pay in Council Tax comes to us at the District Council. The rest of the money you pay goes to your Parish or Town Council, Nottinghamshire County Council, Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner and Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue.

Pie Chart showing how every £1 is spent

How much will Council Tax cost me?

You can see the current cost of Council Tax for a Band D property using the map below. You can search for your parish or town and see how much of what you pay funds services here at Newark and Sherwood District Council.  If you have any concerns over paying your Council Tax, please contact us.

Find out more about Council Tax bands.

Find out more about your Parish or Town council.

Who is responsible for paying Council Tax?

Council Tax payment is the responsibility of owner-occupiers or, if rented, council tenants, private tenants and tenants of housing associations. Pay your Council Tax bill.

Council Tax is also payable on unoccupied furnished and unfurnished houses in certain circumstances. Find out more about reductions and exemptions.

The figures on this page are correct for the 2023/2024 tax year.

How is my Council Tax band determined?

The amount of Council Tax you pay depends on the valuation band a property has been placed in by the Government’s Valuation Office Agency. Find out more about Council Tax bands.

How do we spend our Council Tax money?

Newark and Sherwood District Council run a number of services for you.

Infographic showing how council tax is used in NSDC

You can find more detail about how Newark and Sherwood District council spends your money on the council strategies and policies and council budgets page.

To see what your Council Tax money is spent on in relation to the climate emergency visit our climate emergency page.

Where is the rest of my Council Tax money spent?

More than four out of every ten Council Tax payers in Newark and Sherwood live in Band A properties. Based on a Band A property, the following list and table show how much of your Council Tax goes to each authority.

  • Nottinghamshire County Council - £75.82 per £100
  • Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner - £11.72 per £100
  • Newark and Sherwood District Council - £8.56 per £100
  • Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service - £3.90 per £100
Who spends your money?2022 / 20232023 / 2024% Change
NSDC £123.71 £126.11 1.90
Nottinghamshire County Council £1,096.06 £1,149.11 4.80*

Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner

£169.50 £179.46 5.90
Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service £56.38 £59.71 5.90
TOTAL £1,445.65 £1,514.39 4.75

Parish precepts levied by your local town or parish council are not included here. 

*Adult and social care precept

The amount shown of £1,149.11 paid to Nottinghamshire County Council in 2023/4 includes the Adult Social Care Precept of £153.30.

The government has made an offer to adult social care authorities allowing them to charge an additional “precept” on Council Tax for financial years from the financial year beginning in 2016 without holding a referendum. This is to assist the authority (in our case Nottinghamshire County Council) in meeting expenditure on adult social care. The County Council has approved the implementation of a 2% Social Care Precept for 2023/24 to part fund increasing costs associated with adult social care.

More information

If you have a query regarding the detail provided, any aspect of your bill or would like to receive a hard copy of the details provided here, contact us.

You can also contact the different services funded by your council tax using the details below.

Nottinghamshire County Council

Tel 0300 500 80 80
Email enquiries@nottinghamshire.gov.uk
Visit their website
View council tax - where your money goes

Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner

Tel 0115 967 0999
Email nopcc@nottinghamshire.pnn.police.uk
Visit their website
Policing Council Tax 2023 4 (PDF File, 7,143kb)

Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service

Tel 0115 967 0880
Email enquiries@notts-fire.gov.uk
Visit their website
View their council tax information