Exemptions

Exempt Properties

There are properties that do not have to pay Council Tax. They include properties that are:

• Unfurnished (exempt for up to 6 months)
• Unoccupied and owned by a charity (exempt for up to 6 months)
• Unoccupied and undergoing or in need of structural repair or major alterations (exempt for up to 12 months)
• Left empty by someone who has gone into prison, hospital or residential care home
• Unoccupied and waiting for probate or letters of administration to be granted (and for up to 6 months after)
• Left empty by someone who has moved to provide or receive personal care
• Left empty by students
• Repossessed
• The responsibility of a bankrupt's trustee
• Empty because their occupation is forbidden by law
• Waiting to be occupied by a minister of religion

You can apply online using the links on the right hand side of this page.

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Documents

• Application form - an uninhabitable vacant dwelling (PDF)
• Application form - discount for care workers (PDF)
• Application form - exempt dwellings Class F (PDF)
• Application form - hospital patients (PDF)
• Application form - person in detention (PDF file)
• Application form - residential Care Homes, Nursing Homes, Mental Nursing Homes & Hostels (application for owners in respect of residents) (PDF)
• Application form - severe mental impairment (PDF)
• Council Tax Exempt Dwellings - list of classes (PDF)
• Council Tax – Severe Mental Impairment (PDF)