Stafford Borough Council
Bins, council tax and planning, and what the council covers
Stafford Borough Council is the district, borough or city council for Stafford. It collects bins and council tax, and decides planning applications. Schools, roads and social care here are run by the county council, Staffordshire. ONS places 3,892 postcodes in use in Stafford, in 17 postcode districts across 3 postcode areas.
84% of homes and businesses in Stafford can get gigabit broadband, Ofcom says. The Environment Agency puts 413 homes and businesses in Stafford 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 Stafford Borough 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.
Bins and recycling
Council tax
Planning and building
Housing
Report a problem
Councillors, voting and complaints
The pages are the ones GOV.UK lists for Stafford Borough Council. If one has moved since, tell us.
What broadband can you get in Stafford?
Across Stafford, 84% of homes and businesses can get gigabit broadband and 73% 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 Stafford?
Band D for 2026‑27: £2,303 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 | £1,535 |
| Band B | £1,791 |
| Band C | £2,047 |
| Band D | £2,303 |
| Band E | £2,814 |
| Band F | £3,326 |
| Band G | £3,838 |
| Band H | £4,605 |
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 Stafford are at risk of flooding?
Across Stafford, the Environment Agency puts 413 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 201 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 Stafford the Environment Agency counts 1,594 properties at high risk of flooding from surface water (1.9% of all its properties), 1,698 at medium risk (2.1%) and 5,914 at low risk (7.2%). 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: Staffordshire
Stafford has two councils. The county council, Staffordshire, runs schools, roads, social care and libraries here.
Everything Staffordshire County Council doesPostcode districts with postcodes in Stafford
- ST3 postcode district90 of its 1,648 postcodes in use are in Stafford.
- ST4 postcode district33 of its 1,688 postcodes in use are in Stafford.
- ST5 postcode district15 of its 2,044 postcodes in use are in Stafford.
- ST10 postcode district1 of its 826 postcodes in use is in Stafford.
- ST11 postcode district80 of its 243 postcodes in use are in Stafford.
- ST12 postcode district99 of its 122 postcodes in use are in Stafford.
- ST14 postcode district1 of its 695 postcodes in use is in Stafford.
- ST15 postcode district688 of its 689 postcodes in use are in Stafford.
- ST16 postcode districtAll 929 of its postcodes in use are in Stafford.
- ST17 postcode district876 of its 916 postcodes in use are in Stafford.
- ST18 postcode district580 of its 612 postcodes in use are in Stafford.
- ST20 postcode districtAll 219 of its postcodes in use are in Stafford.
- ST21 postcode district217 of its 218 postcodes in use are in Stafford.
- TF9 postcode district2 of its 1,030 postcodes in use are in Stafford.
- TF10 postcode district52 of its 656 postcodes in use are in Stafford.
- WS12 postcode district1 of its 756 postcodes in use is in Stafford.
- WS15 postcode district9 of its 1,075 postcodes in use are in Stafford.
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 Stafford.
Towns and villages
Is an address in Stafford?
A council's edge does not follow postcodes exactly. Check the postcode.
All councils, A to ZWhat Stafford 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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