Finance and Asset Management Service

COUNCIL TAX - EXEMPTIONS

Exemption from payment of Council Tax can apply where a dwelling is unoccupied:-

• and unfurnished
• and undergoing major repair work or structural alteration
• due to the death of the last occupier
• and held for use by a minister of religion
• due to repossession
• and difficult to let because it forms part of another dwelling
• due to legal prohibition
  

Certain occupied dwellings may also qualify to be treated as exempt where all the occupants are:

• students
• under 18 years of age
• severely mentally impaired
• under 20 years of age and are school or college leavers
  

The documentary evidence that must be provided to support each application is detailed on the relevant form.

Other types of Exemption may also be available, please get in touch.