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Council Tax Leaflet 2026-2027

Pages in Council Tax Leaflet 2026-2027

  1. 1. How your Council Tax helps to fund Reigate & Banstead’s services
  2. 2. You are here: How your Council Tax bill is calculated

2. How your Council Tax bill is calculated

We collect your Council Tax on behalf of all these authorities to pay for services (these figures are based on a two-adult household in a band D property).

Surrey County Council, £1,938.42.  Surrey
Police, £352.57. Reigate & Banstead Borough Council £264.87 = Band D average £2,555.86

If you live in Horley or Salfords and Sidlow, you will pay extra for their services.

  • Horley Town Council = £57.31, up £2.10 (3.80%)
  • Salfords and Sidlow Parish = £34.83, up £1.77 (5.35%)

How your Council Tax is allocated

from every £1, 76p goes to Surrey County Council, 14p to Surrey Police and 10p to Reigate & Banstead Borough Council

Where our money comes from

Income £48.6m (67%)
(from fees, grants,
benefits, recycling,
and investments)
Council Tax
£17.3m (24%)
Government grants
£6.3m (9%)
(retained business rates)

2 = Includes £25.2m Government grant to fund housing benefit payments to claimants, based on 2025-26 funding level as 2026-27 determination not available at time of publication

How our budget is spent

2026/27
budget
£72.1m

3 = Excluding capital charges

Some of the things we do each year for our 10 per cent share (in a normal year)

Maintain over 100
play areas and green
spaces
Manage more than
3,000 planning and
related applications
Award over £300,000
in grants to voluntary
organisations. Empty 9 million
bins and recycling
containers
License and regulate over
7,000 bars

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