Council Tax - exemptions, discounts and increases (unoccupied properties)
Property has been repossessed or held by a trustee in bankruptcy
If the property has been repossessed by a mortgage lender or the title has been transferred to a trustee in bankruptcy you may be able to reduce your Council Tax bill by 100%.
For bankruptcy applications, the following criteria will apply:
- The property must be unoccupied and owned by the person who has been made bankrupt
- The property is not the sole or main residence of any person
- An interest in the property is vested in a permanent trustee
- No other person is liable for Council Tax in respect of the property
Please use the link below to request an application.
- Unoccupied property information
- Unoccupied and unfurnished property and second homes
- Care worker, long term hospital, long term care
- Property undergoing major repair/awaiting demolition/occupation prohibited by law
- In prison or other forms of detention
- When a person has died
- Property has been repossessed or held by a trustee in bankruptcy
- Student unoccupied property exemption
- Advice and information for owners of long term empty properties
- Empty property surcharge
- Other categories