Discounts and Exemptions
The amount of Council Tax charged depends on the value of your property and the band into which your property has been placed. The full amount of Council Tax payable is based on the idea that there are two (or more) liable adults (aged 18 or over) resident in the property. If there are less than two adults resident, the amount payable can be discounted accordingly. Anyone under 18 is not included when calculating the number of people in the property.
The Council Tax charge contains both a personal element and a property element which means that discount can either be awarded in relation to the personal element or to the property element.
Student Exemptions and Discounts
Residents Discounts
- Apprentices
- Full-time Care workers
- Persons in Detention
- Patients in Homes and Hospital Patients
- Single Person Discount or Single Person with Disregards Discount
- Severely Mentally Impaired
- Religious Communities
- School Leavers
- Students
- Youth Training Trainee / Skill Seekers
- 'Voluntary' Care workers
Property Discounts
- Altered and Repaired Property
- Company Directors and Partnerships
- Disability Banding Relief (DBR)
- Job Related Dwelling
- Second Home/Vacant Property Discount
Occupied Property Exemptions
- Council Tax Information for Students
- Visiting Forces accommodation
- Residents of Hostels
- Trial Dwelling
- Persons under the age of 18 years
- Severely Mentally Impaired
Unoccupied Property Exemptions
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to Contact Us.
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