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
Person for whom child benefit is payable
If child benefit is still being paid for a young person aged 18 years old and over, then you may be discounted from council tax.
You will need to apply for this discount as this is not automatically granted.
Who can apply?
You may qualify for a discount to reflect the personal circumstances of the adult residents if there is any person aged 18 years and over, where child benefit is still being paid due to the young person staying in approved education or training.
Amount of discount you may be eligible for
25% discount if the above criteria is met.
We periodically review all exemptions and discounts to confirm eligibility.
How do I apply?
To apply for this discount, sign in or register on our Open Portal online account:
We need the following evidence
Proof of child benefit payment e.g. copy of payment been made into bank account or child benefit award letter.
Please submit the necessary supporting evidence for your application. Failure to provide the requested documentation may result in the assessment of your application being delayed or rejected.
If you are awarded a discount and the circumstances that led to that discount change, you must tell us.
