UK council-tax banding challenge check — neighbor-band cluster analysis against
UK council-tax banding challenge check — neighbor-band cluster analysis against the free official VOA/SAA lookups, statutory route selection (formal proposal vs informal review, England/Wales/Scotland variants incl. the post-2023 Local Taxation Chamber), verified timelines (4/12-month decisions, 3/4-month appeals), evidence rules (the VOA rejects house-price-index data — verified), and the mandatory band-can-go-UP risk gate. Refunds backdate. No LLM.
Paid test badge: not yet. The checks above are free: we call the tool without paying and read the payment request it sends back. The Verified badge needs paid calls whose answers match the promised output, and nobody can buy a badge.
Endpoint
GET https://proppulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/prop/council-tax
| Category | Market data |
|---|---|
| Provider host | proppulse.theaslangroupllc.com |
| Networks | algorand:wGHE2Pwdvd7S12BL5FaOP20EGYesN73k, eip155:137, eip155:143, eip155:196, eip155:42161, eip155:480, eip155:56, eip155:8453, eip155:999, solana:5eykt4UsFv8P8NJdTREpY1vzqKqZKvdp, xrpl:0 |
| Payment schemes | exact |
| Self-reported calls, 30 days | 2 from 2 payers (the provider's figure, not ours) |
Our checks, last 30 days
| Day | Result | HTTP | Asked | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-18 | valid payment request | 402 | $0.05 | 501 ms |
Example input (from the provider)
{
"method": "GET",
"queryParams": {
"country": "england",
"current_band": "D",
"neighbor_bands": "C,C,C,B"
},
"type": "http"
}
Promised output schema (from the provider)
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"method": {
"enum": [
"GET",
"HEAD",
"DELETE"
],
"type": "string"
},
"queryParams": {
"properties": {
"became_taxpayer_date": {
"description": "When you became liable \u2014 within 6 months unlocks the formal statutory proposal",
"type": "string"
},
"country": {
"description": "england | wales | scotland",
"type": "string"
},
"current_band": {
"description": "Your band from gov.uk/council-tax-bands (A\u2013H, +I in Wales)",
"type": "string"
},
"neighbor_bands": {
"description": "Comparable neighbors' bands, comma-separated (3\u20135, same street/type/size)",
"type": "string"
},
"risk_acknowledged": {
"description": "true = you accept the VOA warning that bands can go UP (required for letters)",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"country",
"current_band"
],
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"const": "http",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method"
],
"type": "object"
},
"output": {
"properties": {
"errors": {
"additionalProperties": {
"properties": {
"description": {
"type": "string"
},
"example": {
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"description"
],
"type": "object"
},
"description": "Documented error responses, keyed by HTTP status code",
"type": "object"
},
"example": {
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"input"
],
"type": "object"
}