Ashfield District Council
Bins, council tax and planning, and what the council covers
Ashfield District Council is the district, borough or city council for Ashfield. It collects bins and council tax, and decides planning applications. Schools, roads and social care here are run by the county council, Nottinghamshire. ONS places 2,751 postcodes in use in Ashfield, in 7 postcode districts across 2 postcode areas.
97% of homes and businesses in Ashfield can get gigabit broadband, Ofcom says. The Environment Agency puts 277 homes and businesses in Ashfield in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Do it on Ashfield District Council's own website
Each link goes straight to the page on the council's own website for that task. We opened every one on 14 October 2026.
Council tax
Planning and building
Housing
Councillors, voting and complaints
The pages are the ones GOV.UK lists for Ashfield District Council. GOV.UK lists 17. When we opened them on 14 October 2026, 10 pages had gone (missing, or moved to a page about something else). We left those out rather than send you to a page we could not see. If one has moved since, tell us.
What broadband can you get in Ashfield?
Across Ashfield, 97% of homes and businesses can get gigabit broadband and 89% full fibre, Ofcom says.
For one street, look up its postcode: each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
How much is council tax in Ashfield?
Band D for 2026‑27: £2,609 a year
Every other band is a fixed share of Band D, set in law. Band A is two thirds of it; band H is twice it.
| Band | A year |
|---|---|
| Band A | £1,739 |
| Band B | £2,029 |
| Band C | £2,319 |
| Band D | £2,609 |
| Band E | £3,188 |
| Band F | £3,768 |
| Band G | £4,348 |
| Band H | £5,218 |
Band D is the average across the area, including the county council, police, fire and combined authority charges, and parish or town council charges, so a home's own bill can be a little different. Bands other than D are worked out by us from Band D and rounded to the pound. A home's bill also takes off any discount, such as 25% for one adult living alone.
Check one home's band on GOV.UKSource: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
How many homes in Ashfield are at risk of flooding?
Across Ashfield, the Environment Agency puts 277 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 86 postcodes with any property at risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them. It leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Surface water
In Ashfield the Environment Agency counts 1,229 properties at high risk of flooding from surface water (1.9% of all its properties), 1,356 at medium risk (2%) and 5,020 at low risk (7.6%). Surface water is rain that cannot drain away fast enough.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Schools, roads and care: Nottinghamshire
Ashfield has two councils. The county council, Nottinghamshire, runs schools, roads, social care and libraries here.
Everything Nottinghamshire County Council doesPostcode districts with postcodes in Ashfield
- DE55 postcode district1 of its 1,243 postcodes in use is in Ashfield.
- NG6 postcode district15 of its 787 postcodes in use are in Ashfield.
- NG15 postcode district814 of its 1,015 postcodes in use are in Ashfield.
- NG16 postcode district262 of its 1,452 postcodes in use are in Ashfield.
- NG17 postcode district1,641 of its 1,645 postcodes in use are in Ashfield.
- NG18 postcode district17 of its 1,202 postcodes in use are in Ashfield.
- NG19 postcode district1 of its 1,224 postcodes in use is in Ashfield.
Counted from the ONS Postcode Directory. A postcode district is drawn for sorting post, so many cross a council's edge.
Its postcode areas
Beside each area: how many of its postcodes in use are in Ashfield.
Towns and villages
Is an address in Ashfield?
A council's edge does not follow postcodes exactly. Check the postcode.
All councils, A to ZWhat Ashfield covers: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Its name, website and own pages: GOV.UK, Local authority services, downloaded 14 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0; every link opened on 14 October 2026. See all our data sources
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