Paying Council Tax

Council Tax - paying by instalments

You will normally be able to pay your Council Tax in ten monthly instalments from April to January. However, if you wish, you can pay yearly, half-yearly or quarterly.

Where your liability to pay begins part way through the financial year the number of instalments will be reduced.

Ways to Pay:

Pay Online

You can now pay your Council Tax using our secure Online Payments page. All Online Payments transactions take place through secure networks using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). This means that you will be paying your Council Tax over a secure connection and any information you send over the internet will be encrypted. 

Direct Debit

If you already pay by direct debit (DD), your payments will automatically be taken from your bank or building society account. If you would like to change to direct debit, please fill in the form below or phone the DD hotline, 020 7361 3005, during office hours. Paying by direct debit gives you a choice of four payment dates.

Download and print Council Tax Services Invitation to pay by Direct Debit. [PDF file] (File size 118 Kb)

Telephone Banking

To pay your bill over the phone please ring your bank quoting sort code 57-20-24 and account number 00000000, and your Council Tax account number shown at the top of your Council Tax bill.

   Debit Card

If you have a Switch, Maestro, Visa Delta or Visa Electron you can pay over the phone by phoning 020 7361 3007. You need to supply your card details and your Council Tax account number.

By Post

You should make cheques and postal orders payable to the "RB of Kensington and Chelsea". Send them to:

RBKC Payment Processing,
P.O.Box 4256,
Worthing,
BN13 1WV

Please write your account number and name and address on the back of the cheque. Tear off the payment slip in your instalment book and send it with your payment.

We do not send receipts for postal payments unless you ask for one and provide a stamped, addressed envelope. If you send cash through the post, send it by registered mail.

Bank giro credit

Please fill in the details on the slip and take it to any bank. You may have to pay for this service.

Post Office

You can pay at any Post Office by giving them your payment and the slip. Please make cheques payable to "Post Office Ltd". You do not have to pay a fee for this service.

In person

You can pay at the Cashier's Office at:

The Town Hall
Hornton Street
Kensington
W8 7NX

The office is open: Monday to Friday: 8.30am to 5:00pm

Monday to Friday:

8.30am to 5pm

All instalments are normally due on 15th of each month however direct debit payers can choose from four payment dates: 7th, 15th, 21st or 28th. If you do not keep to your instalment arrangements, you risk losing your right to pay by instalments.

If you wish to change the method or frequency of your payments please contact us or visit us at Local Taxation, Ground Floor, Kensington Town Hall at the address above.

If you miss payments we will send a reminder that payment is due. The Council is only obliged to send one reminder, so if you default on two or more payments during the year you will lose the right to pay by instalments. We may also take legal action against you to recover the full amount due for the year, plus extra costs.

In certain circumstances you may be able to make a special arrangement to pay even though we have begun legal proceedings. However, if this arrangement is not kept then further action may be taken.

Local Taxes

• Council Tax
• Council Tax Benefit
• Business Rates
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