Adur District residents: The Council Tax service for Adur District Council is provided by the CenSus Partnership Website, please refer to the CenSus website for full details - Adur Council Tax bands and charges or Adur Council Tax Appeals.
Worthing Borough residents: please refer to the information below.

Council Tax bands, charges 
and Council Tax appeals

Council Tax bands and charges

Your Council Tax bill will indicate which band applies to your property.

The Council Tax bands and charges (which are unchanged for 2013/14) are displayed below. To find out which band your property (or the one you are considering moving to) is currently set at, you can use the Council Tax Band Search on the Valuation Office Agency website.

Worthing Council Tax Charges
Valuation band1991 value of property 2012/13 charge 2013/14 charge 
A £40,000 or less £1010.94 £1010.94
B £40,001 to £52,000 £1179.43 £1179.43
C £52,001 to £68,000 £1347.92 £1347.92
D £68,001 to £88,000 £1516.41 £1516.41
E £88,001 to £120,000 £1853.39 £1853.39
F £120,001 to £160,000 £2190.37 £2190.37
G £160,001 to £320,000 £2527.35 £2527.35
H More than £320,000 £3032.82 £3032.82

If you wish to appeal against your banding please refer to the section below.

If you don't already do so, please pay your Council Tax by Direct Debit as this will reduce the cost of collection and contribute toward keeping the level of Council Tax to a minimum.

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Worthing BC Council Tax Expenditure Information

Every year we are required by central Government to provide information about how Council Tax helps to pay for the services provided by Worthing Borough Council.

Up until 2012/13 a guide was sent with each bill, but with effect from 2013/14 the law has been changed enabling this information to be provided online, and the details for the period from 1st April 2013 to 31st March 2014 are available in the file below:

Please contact a Customer Services Advisor on telephone number 01903 221061 if you would like a printed copy.

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Council Tax appeals

Making an appeal does not confer any rights to withhold payment. However, if your appeal is successful you will be entitled to a refund of any overpaid Council Tax. We have produced a guide to your right of appeal:

Appeals against the banding

The grounds for appeal about the banding of your property are restricted to the following situations:

  1. Where you became the taxpayer in respect of a dwelling for the first time (your appeal must be made to the Listing Officer within six months, but if the same appeal has already been considered and determined by a Valuation Tribunal, it cannot be made again)
  2. Where you believe that the banding should be changed because there has been a material increase or material reduction in a dwelling's value
  3. Where you start or stop using part of your dwelling to carry out a business, or the balance between domestic and business use changes
  4. Where the Listing Officer has altered a list without a proposal having been made by a taxpayer

The Listing Officer is an independent Officer of the Crown. Contact the Valuation Officer Agency at the relevant office below:

Appeals against Council Tax decisions

There are also appeal rights if you consider that you are not liable to pay Council Tax. Examples include:

  • You are not the resident or owner
  • The property is exempt
  • You believe that the Council has made a mistake in calculating your bill

If you wish to make an appeal on these grounds you must first notify the Council Tax section, in writing, so that we have the opportunity to reconsider the case.

What happens if you turn down my appeal?

After you have made an appeal to us and you still think that your Council Tax bill is wrong, you can appeal to the Valuation Tribunal within two months of receiving our revised decision. The address you should use is:

  • East and West Sussex Valuation Tribunal,
    Second Floor, Black Lion House,
    45 Whitechapel Road,
    London,
    E1 1DU

If you do not receive a reply from the Council, you may appeal to the Valuation Tribunal within four months of your written appeal to the Council.

Appeals about Discretionary Decisions

There is no automatic right of appeal against a discretionary decision of the Council (for example, the reduction in discounts on second homes). You may only appeal against a discretionary decision by way of Judicial Review and even then only about the way the decision was made, and not the result.

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