Council tax exemptions - unoccupied homes

If a property is empty and contains no furniture it will be exempt from council tax for the first 6 months from the date it became unfurnished. 

This date may be before you took over the property. This would mean you would only receive that part of the 6-month exempt period that applies to you.                  

Please contact us to check whether the property is still eligible for an exemption.

You can ask for a council tax exemption if the property is: 

• Undergoing major repairs or structural changes
• Empty and owned by a charity
• Substantially unfurnished and empty for less than six months
• Tenant detained in a prison, hospital or other place of court ordered detention
• Person gone to live in a residential care or mental nursing home, including hostels
• Council taxpayer deceased
• Held for a minister of religion
• Person living elsewhere to receive or provide personal care
• Left empty by a student
• Empty annex to an occupied building

Apply for a council tax discount/exemption