Council Tax - exemptions and discounts (occupied properties)
Single person discount
If you live alone, or you are the only adult living in your home, you can get 25% off your Council Tax bill.
This discount is only for people who are the sole adult resident. If someone in your household is away for another reason, different rules may apply.
When you should not use the single person discount form
- if someone in your home is in hospital or is providing or receiving care elsewhere, please see In care, providing care, care workers and care leavers
- if someone in your home is in prison or detention, please see In prison or detention
If someone is working away from home
If a person who normally lives in your home is working away, we may still treat your property as their main residence. This means you may not qualify for a single person discount.
You can still apply and we will assess your situation.
- Occupied properties
- In care, providing care, care workers and care leavers
- Single person discount
- Low income
- Physical or mental disability
- In prison or other forms of detention
- Students
- Training schemes and apprenticeships
- Under 18 or over 18 but someone still receives Child Benefit
- Entering the UK from Ukraine or under a resettlement or relocation scheme
- Other categories