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Council tax bands in Wales: what's different from England

The answer: Wales has its own band structure — Council Tax (Valuation Bands) (Wales) Order 2003 (SI 2003/3046) — bands A–I at 1 April 2003 values, effective from FY 2005, values fixed at A ≤£44k · B ≤£65k · C ≤£91k · D ≤£123k · E ≤£162k · F ≤£223k · G ≤£324k · H ≤£424k · I >£424k (2003 values) — and one procedural difference that matters: if the VOA rejects your challenge, you have 4 MONTHS to appeal to the Valuation Tribunal in Wales, versus 3 months in England (If the VOA says no: appeal to the Valuation Tribunal within 3 MONTHS of the decision in ENGLAND, 4 MONTHS in WALES (asymmetric — verified)).

Band I and the 2003 valuation date

Wales added a ninth band (I) not present in England, and its 1991-equivalent snapshot is dated 1 April 2003, not 1991 — meaning sale-price evidence must fall Sale-price evidence must come from 1 April 2001 – 31 March 2005.

Statutory grounds: process-verified, SI unconfirmed

[GAP] Wales's current governing SI was not independently verified — Welsh letters cite the gov.uk process, not the SI. The 4-month decision timeline and grounds process are gov.uk-verified; PropPulse cites the England SI (The Council Tax (Alteration of Lists and Appeals) (England) Regulations 2009 (SI 2009/2270), Regs 4 & 6) for the England statutory reference and flags Wales accordingly rather than inventing a citation.

The 2028 revaluation

Local Government Finance (Wales) Act 2024: first 5-yearly revaluation confirmed for 2028 — bands unchanged until then (version-tagged).
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Generated 2026-07-07 by PropPulse (The Aslan Group LLC) from the same source-cited legal reference data our paid engine uses. Informational, not legal advice — rules change; verify with the cited instruments and the free official lookups. Contact: info@theaslangroupllc.com