Quick questions and answers:
Council tax helps fund local services people rely on every day – including schools, social care services, waste and recycling, road maintenance, street lighting, leisure & culture, and emergency services.
Council Tax is charged on households and is based on the value of the property. The amount you pay depends on your property band, which is set independently by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA).
The amount you pay also depends on whether you are entitled to any exemptions or discounts.
See Council tax explanatory notes for more information.
The figures below are based on an average Band D property – your own bill may be higher or lower depending on your band and where you live.
Based on an average Band D property the total charge for 2026/27 is £2,416.50, compared with £2,277.19 in 2025/26.
Your Council Tax bill is made up of three separate charges:
| 2025/26 | 2026/27 | % Increase | |
| Monmouthshire County Council | £1,818.26 | £1,926.45 | 5.95 |
| Police & Crime Commissioner | £377.31 | £403.53 | 6.95 |
| Community Council | £81.62 | £86.52 | 6.00 |
| TOTAL | £2,277.19 | £2,416.50 | 6.12 |
To find out how much council tax you will pay, you will need to know your community council and council tax band that your property is in. You can then check this against our charge per band table (update to 2026/27 version)
The section below explains how Monmouthshire County Council is using its share of Council Tax in 2026/27.
The gross revenue budget for the Authority (excluding sums collected on behalf of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent and Community Council) is £239,060,249.
The budget put into place includes a wide range of additional investment:
Protecting frontline services
Funding increases for key services:
• Social Care & Health (+5.5%)
• Education (+4.6%)
• Place & Community Wellbeing (+4.3%)
• Infrastructure (+3.6%)
• No service closures: waste collections, leisure centres, recycling centres, libraries and community hubs will remain open
Targeted investment where residents told us it matters
• Additional £1m investment in local school budgets for the second consecutive year
• Increased investment in social care, preventative children’s services and additional learning needs
• Above‑inflation increase to Citizens Advice Monmouthshire
• Investment in libraries, Welsh‑medium education, and the Inspire programme
Keeping communities safe and resilient
• New gulley‑cleaning and street‑sweeping teams
• £5.65m additional capital investment in highways structures, roads, footpaths, rights of way and the property estate
• Continued work on flood alleviation and reducing the Council’s carbon footprint
Listening to residents
• Consultation feedback shows road investment and repairs remain a key concern for residents
• In response, Cabinet is recommending additional capital investment of £2 million to accelerate pothole repairs and improve road condition
Paying for services fairly
• Welsh Government funding increases by 4.4% (£6.15 million), helping protect essential local services
• £3.5 million of service efficiencies and reforms
• Council Tax increase of 5.95%, with the Council Tax Reduction Scheme maintained to protect those on low incomes
For details of how this money is spent see here
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent has increased the amount it needs from council taxpayers in 2026/27 by 6.95%. For details of how this money is spent see here
For Community Councils, the average Band D charge for 2026/27 has increased by 6%. Charges will vary per community council and the amount charged will depend on where you live.
To see the expected annual spend and the Band D charge for the community council that you live in look at our charge per band table. For details of how this money is spent you need to contact your community council. Contact details can be found here Community Councils contact information.