Pay online
Payments are normally made each month between April and January. You can apply to spread your payments over 12 months and change the date of your instalments.
You can pay your council tax using credit or debit card. You will need your council tax account number to proceed with payment.
Or you can use our council tax automated payment line 01303 853 394 which is available 24/7. The automated payment line accepts payments for rents, garage rents, parking fines, invoices, business rates, overpaid housing benefit and garden waste renewals
Direct Debit
Setting up Direct Debit to pay your council tax bill is simple, convenient and secure.
You can choose for payments to be taken automatically from your bank account on either the 1st, 8th, 16th, or 26th of the month. If you don't give us preferred date we'll take payments on the first day of the month.
You'll need to have your bank details to hand including:
- name() of account holder()
- account number
- branch sort code
- bank or building society address
Set up your Direct Debit payment
When you have signed up we'll send you confirmation letter, which includes copy of the Direct Debit Guarantee
We'll let you know in advance the amount and the date of payments to be taken from your account. We'll also amend your payments automatically if the amount you have to pay changes.
Change instalments date for non direct debit payments
If you are not paying by direct debit and wish to amend the date your instalments are due, or request for any arrears to be included in your payments, please complete the following form.
Bank transfer
You'll need:
- your council tax account number to use as reference so that we can identify you
- the council's bank details:
- Account name: Folkestone & Hythe District Council
- Account number: 47159227
- Sort code: 52-41-42
At Post Office
- it's free to pay by cash, cheque or debit card at any Post Office
- you'll need to take your council tax bill with you so that the bar code can be read
- cheques should be made out to 'The Post Office'
At PayPoint
- you can pay at any PayPoint for free
- you'll need to take your council tax bill with you so that the bar code can be read
At Payzones
At bank
- you can pay by cash or cheque at your bank. You'll need to take your paying-in-slip with you
- cheques should be made out to 'Folkestone & Hythe District Council'
- the bank may charge you for this service
By post
You can send cheque payable to 'Folkestone & Hythe District Council' to:
Revenues and Benefits Services
Folkestone & Hythe District Council
Civic Centre
Castle Hill Avenue
Folkestone
CT20 2QY
You need to print your name, address and council tax account number on the back of the cheque.