Discounts and exemptions
Contents
- Introduction
- Single person discount
- Student
- Severely mentally impaired person (SMI)
- Care leavers
- Carer
- Apprentice, youth trainee or skill seeker
- Disability banding relief
- Person in hospital or care home
- Person in detention or prison
- People who provide care or who are cared for
- Person for whom child benefit is payable
- People under the age of 18
- Unoccupied and unfurnished property
- Unoccupied and furnished property discount (not a second home)
- Changes for second homes
- Estate of deceased person
- Spouse, civil partner, or dependent of foreign student
- School leaver
- Religious communities
- Manse or similar dwelling
- Dwelling repossessed by a mortgage lender
- Job-related dwellings
- Occupation prohibited by law/dwellings empty under statute
- Trustee in bankruptcy
- Voluntary care worker
- Visiting forces accommodation
- Ukraine refugees
Occupation prohibited by law/dwellings empty under statute
A dwelling which is uninhabitable as a result of occupation being prohibited by law may qualify for 100% council tax exemption for an indefinite period as long as occupation of the property remains legally prohibited.
You will need to apply for this exemption as this is not automatically granted when the property becomes unoccupied due to becoming legal prohibited.
Who can apply?
If a property cannot be occupied due to it being prohibited by law, as a consequence of ongoing actions, such as, a police crime scene, or because occupation of a property would breach a law e.g. a dangerous building. Properties may also be unoccupied due to a compulsory purchase order.
We periodically review all exemptions to confirm eligibility.
How do I apply?
To apply for this exemption, sign in or register on our Open Portal online account:
The required supporting documentary evidence in the form of official documentation as to why the property is prohibited by law:
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Proof or residence at another address during the period of the claim must be supplied.
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A copy of the court order or other document that legally prohibits occupation must also be supplied. Examples; closing order, demolition order, dangerous building notice, work notice etc.
Please submit the necessary supporting evidence for your application. Failure to provide the requested documentation may result in your application being rejected.
If you are granted a discount and the circumstances that led to that discount change, you must tell us.
