St Brelade Rates Annual Return 2026

St Brelade Rates Annual Return 2026

Annual returns notice to owners

Article 3 (1) of the Law requires you to provide me with details of all the land that you own in the Parish by 15 January 2026 .If you fail to make a return within the time allowed you may be liable to a penalty ( maximum £1000 ).

Each owner of land in the Parish has been served with a notice to make a return of all land, houses, buildings and other structures owned at 1 January 2026. 

Any owner who has not received a notice and return should contact the Connétable immediately.

By virtue of this notice, each owner shall be taken to have been served with a notice and it shall not be an excuse for non-compliance for an owner to show that a notice was not served.

Any person who fails, without reasonable cause, to make a return by Thursday 15 January 2026 is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding £1,000. A person charged with this offence may be dealt with at a Parish Hall Enquiry .

Transfer of land

Where ownership of land is transferred, written notice of the transfer of land must be given by both the former owner and the new owner to the Connétable within seven days of the date of transfer. A person who fails to do this without reasonable cause is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding £10,000.

Change of name or address of owner or occupier

Where an owner or occupier of property on 1 January 2026 changes their name or their address the person must give notice to the Connétable within seven days of that change. A person who fails to do this without reasonable cause is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding £1,000.

M K Jackson
Connétable