Burnley council tax
Here is council tax in Burnley for 2026/27, band by band, with the average Band D charge of £2,549.42 as the starting point. Each band in Burnley is shown as a yearly bill and as monthly payments.
| Band | A year | A month (10 instalments) | A month (12 instalments) | Single person discount (25%) a year | Single person discount (25%) a month (10 instalments) | Single person discount (25%) a month (12 instalments) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,699.61 | £169.96 | £141.63 | £1,274.71 | £127.47 | £106.23 |
| Band B | £1,982.88 | £198.29 | £165.24 | £1,487.16 | £148.72 | £123.93 |
| Band C | £2,266.15 | £226.62 | £188.85 | £1,699.61 | £169.96 | £141.63 |
| Band D | £2,549.42 | £254.94 | £212.45 | £1,912.07 | £191.21 | £159.34 |
| Band E | £3,115.96 | £311.60 | £259.66 | £2,336.97 | £233.70 | £194.75 |
| Band F | £3,682.50 | £368.25 | £306.88 | £2,761.88 | £276.19 | £230.16 |
| Band G | £4,249.03 | £424.90 | £354.09 | £3,186.77 | £318.68 | £265.56 |
| Band H | £5,098.84 | £509.88 | £424.90 | £3,824.13 | £382.41 | £318.68 |
Set against the other councils, Burnley comes out as the 62nd highest of the 296 councils in England.
Council tax is usually split into 10 monthly payments, which makes £254.94 a month at Band D in Burnley. You can ask Burnley for 12 payments instead, and the table gives that monthly figure too.
Homes in Burnley pay according to the band they are placed in. The lower bands pay a set fraction of £2,549.42, and the higher bands pay a set multiple of it.
Someone living alone in Burnley can apply for the single person discount, as can someone whose fellow residents are not counted for council tax. The discount column shows what the bill in Burnley would then be for each band.
Parish and town councils in Burnley add their own charges, and the £2,549.42 figure is the area average with those charges included.
We take the Burnley figures from the published 2026/27 council tax table for England. The sources page links to the table for England.
To see your exact figure, check the bill Burnley sends you, which sets out how the amount was worked out.