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
Ukraine refugees
An exemption or discount from council tax may apply where persons from Ukraine are resident in a property.
You will need to apply for this exemption/discount as this is not automatically awarded.
From 1 April 2023, council tax exemption or discount can be given where a person from Ukraine is resident in a property in North Lanarkshire under the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme.
This is a change from the rules which applied between the period from 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023. For this period council tax exemption/discount was also applicable to Ukrainians resident within North Lanarkshire who were not part of the current qualifying scheme.
Who can apply?
From 1 April 2023, council tax exemption or discount can be considered where:
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The property is the sole or main residence of at least one person who holds permission to enter or stay in the United Kingdom granted under the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme, and
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The property is being made available by an approved sponsor under the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme, and you are being provided the accommodation without paying rent in return, and
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You were residing in Ukraine immediately before 1 January 2022 and left Ukraine in connection with the Russian invasion which took place on 24 February 2022.
Amount of discount you may be eligible for
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If you meet the above qualifying criteria and live alone, you will qualify for council tax exemption, which is 100% relief inclusive of water and sewerage charges.
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If you are resident with 1 other adult resident over the age of 18 years of age and they are not part of the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme you will qualify for a 25% council tax discount.
If you do not meet the above detailed criteria, you will be liable to pay full council tax.
We periodically review all exemptions and discounts to confirm eligibility.
How do I apply?
To apply for this exemption/discount, sign in or register on our Open Portal online account:
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 or exemption and the circumstances that led to that award change, you must tell us.
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Provide details of the address you have moved into and the date you moved into the property.
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Evidence that the property has been provided by an approved sponsor under the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme and that you were residing in Ukraine immediately before 1 January 2022 and left Ukraine in connection with the Russian invasion.
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Evidence of your Visa and Home Office paperwork confirming you hold permission to enter or stay in the United Kingdom under the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme.
