Council Tax - exemptions, discounts and increases (unoccupied properties)
Repossession and bankruptcy
If your property has been repossessed by your mortgage lender, or the ownership has passed to a trustee in bankruptcy, you may be entitled to a 100% Council Tax exemption.
For bankruptcy cases, all of the following must apply:
- the property is empty
- it is owned by the person who is bankrupt
- it is not anyone’s main home
- a permanent trustee has an interest in the property
- no one else is liable for Council Tax
Please use the link below to request an application.
- Unoccupied property information
- Unoccupied property and second homes
- Long term hospital, long term care
- Major repair, structural repair/alteration
- In prison or other forms of detention
- When a person has died and the property is unoccupied
- Repossession and bankruptcy
- Student unoccupied property exemption
- Long term empty properties
- Empty property surcharge
- Other categories