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
Visiting forces accommodation
Visiting forces accommodation is an exemption from council tax that can be applied if you are a member of a visiting force and are not a British citizen or ordinarily resident in the UK.
Armed forces accommodation is exempt from council tax, whether occupied or not.
You will need to apply for this council tax exemption as this is not automatically awarded.
Who can apply?
If you are a member of a visiting force with one of the eligible countries listed below, and not a British citizen or not ordinarily resident in the UK.
Your partner will also qualify if they are not a British citizen or ordinarily resident in the UK.
Eligible countries
Antigua and Barbmuda; Australia; Bangladesh; Barbados; Belgium; Belize; Botswana; Brunei; Canada; Cyprus; Denmark; Dominica; Fiji; France; Gambia; Germany; Ghana; Greece; Granada; Guyana; India; Italy; Jamaica; Kenya; Kiribati; Lesotho; Luxembourg; Malawi; Maldives; Malaysia; Malta; Mauritius; Nauru; Netherlands; New Hebrides; New Zealand; Nigeria; Norway; Pakistan; Papua New Guinea; Portugal; St Lucia; St Vincent and Grenadines; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Singapore; Solomon Islands; Spain; Sri Lanka; St Christopher and Nevis; Swaziland; Tanzania; Tonga; Trinidad and Tobago; Turkey; Tuvalu; Uganda; USA; Western Samoa; Zambia; Zimbabwe.
Amount of exemption you may be eligible for
100% council tax exemption, inclusive of water and sewerage charges if you meet the above criteria.
We periodically review all council tax exemptions to confirm eligibility.
How do I apply?
To apply for this exemption, 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 and the circumstances that led to that discount change, you must tell us.
