If you live alone, your council tax bill may be reduced by 25%.
If someone normally lives in a home but goes away for a short time (like for work or travel), they might still count as living there unless they start paying council tax somewhere else.
Some adults are not included (disregarded) when we count how many people live in a home.
If one of two adults does not count, the home can still get 25% off the council tax bill.
How to apply
Step 1: Register for My Account
Register for My Account - you need an email address to sign up. If you do not have one, you can make one for free on websites like 'yahoo', 'outlook', 'gmail'
Step 2: Sign up or log in
Go to the council tax page
Step 3: Apply for the discount
Look for “Apply for council tax reductions”
Click “View council tax reduction services”
Then click “I want to apply for a sole adult occupier’s discount”
Uploading supporting documents
We may ask you to send us some documents. You can send:
- Word files (.docx)
- PDF files (.pdf)
- Excel files (.xlsx)
- Text files (.txt)
- Pictures from phones or tablets:
- JPEG (.jpg)
- GIF (.gif)
- PNG (.png)
As long as the file is smaller than 50MB.
You cannot upload zip files.
What happens next
We will check your claim and look at your documents. We try to give you an answer within 10 working days.
If your claim is late, we might not be able to give you a discount for past years, because we may not have proof of who lived in your home before.
If anything changes, please let us know.