Council tax discounts
If you require further information or an
application form for a discount then please contact us using the
details on this page.
The amount of council tax you have to pay depends
on:
- The valuation band of your property
- The number of people aged 18 or over living in your
property
When we work out your council tax we assume that two people,
aged 18 or over, live in most properties.
Single person discount
If only one person, aged 18 or over, lives in your property, we
can give you a single person discount of 25 per cent (one
quarter).
We may need to decide where someone's main home is, for example,
if they work away from home or if they have more than one home.
Single person
discount application (20kb pdf file)
Other discounts
Some people are disregarded for council tax purposes. This means
that we will not count them when we decide how many people, aged 18
or over, live in your property.
We may be able to give you a council tax discount if someone in
your home is:
- A student, student nurse, apprentice or youth
training trainee
- A non-British husband or wife or dependant of a
student who is prevented by the terms of their leave to enter
or remain in the UK from working or claiming benefit
- Under 20 and still at school or has just left
school
- A person who still has child benefit paid for
them
- A person who is a Foreign Language
Assistant
- A person who is severely mentally impaired
- A carer
- In prison or held somewhere else by the
authorities
- Living in hospital
- Living in a care home
- A Member of a religious community
- A person who lives in a hostel for the homeless
or a night shelter
- A Member (or dependant) of international
headquarters and defence organisations
- A Member (or dependant) of a visiting force
- A person with diplomatic immunity or
privileges
We can reduce your bill by 25 percent or 50 per cent,
depending on how many people we count.
If we count only one person as living in your property we can
give you a discount of 25 per cent.
If we count nobody as living in your property we can give you a
discount 50 per cent.
The DirectGov website provides detailed information regarding
all of the council tax discounts available.
DirectGov website.