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Pay your rates by Direct Debit

Find out more about Direct Debit, the easiest and most convenient way to pay your rate bill. Direct Debit is a safe and secure payment method, which offers you peace of mind and complete control of your finances. More than 310,000 ratepayers pay using Direct Debit.

Advantages of Direct Debit

Direct Debit is:

  • easy to set up
  • can help you to spread the cost of your rate bill
  • gives you a choice of three available Direct Debit collection dates each month
  • will continue each year, without further action from you, once it has been set up for your rate account

How to set up a Direct Debit

You can set up a Direct Debit in a number of ways.

You can complete and return the Direct Debit form in the link below. This is a writeable document, which means that you can complete on screen, print and send to the LPS freepost address shown on the form. Alternatively, you can save the document to your desktop, complete the form and send as an attachment to LPS Direct Debit section:

You can complete and return the form which is attached to your bill, or you can call the Land & Property Services (LPS) helpline with your bank or building society details and they will do the rest for you. Contact details are as follows:

  • phone: 0300 200 7801 (charged at local rate)
  • textphone: 1800 1101

Instalments

You can choose to pay your rate bill by Direct Debit in instalments. This means that you can spread your rate bill over a maximum of ten instalments in any rating year. When you apply to pay by instalments, you can choose which date of the month you want your Direct Debit to be taken from your bank, the 7th, 15th or 28th of each month.

Please note that if you miss Direct Debit payments for two consecutive months, the facility may be withdrawn and you will have to make alternative payment arrangements.

Single payment

If you pay your rate bill in full, in one single payment, on or before the discount date, you will be guaranteed a four per cent discount.

Once you have set up your Direct Debit for single payment, your payment will be taken automatically every year and you will be guaranteed a discount.

Direct Debit guarantee

If you have chosen to pay your rates by Direct Debit, your bill will show when each payment is due and will include a copy of the Direct Debit guarantee. This is offered by all banks and building societies that accept instructions to pay Direct Debits. More information can be found in the link below:

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