If you do not pay your Council Tax

Reminder letters, final and arrangement default notices, court summons, court hearing and liability order.

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Final and arrangement default notices for unpaid Council Tax

If you have received a final notice

We will send you a final notice if you have: 

  • missed 2 payment instalments within the same Council Tax billing year
  • an unpaid debt for a previous billing year

At this stage, you have lost the right to pay by monthly instalments and you must pay the full amount within 7 days.

If you have received an arrangement default notice

This is sent if you have a repayment arrangement with us and you have missed 2 payment instalments.

You must pay the full amount immediately or your account will be moved to the next recovery stage.

Ways you can pay

You can:

If you do not pay the full amount, this will not stop our recovery process and we may send you a court summons.