Ask the council for more time to pay your council tax

Official guidelines state:

24. Debtors must not be pressed to make unrealistic offers and should be asked to consider carefully any offer they voluntarily make and where possible refer to free debt advice.

Template email: Ask the council to follow guidelines and take back control of the case from bailiffs.

If the council agrees, you save £310 bailiffs fees and the bailiff is out of the loop.