Council tax discounts and exemptions
Apply for a discount or exemption
For council tax purposes, people in the following groups may be disregarded when counting the number of adults resident in a dwelling.
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| Single person discount | More information | Apply |
| Full time student / student nurse | More information | Apply |
| Apprentices | More information | Apply |
| Persons on youth training schemes | More information | Apply |
| Long term hospital patients | More information | Apply |
| Patient who is resident in a care home | More information | Apply |
| Severely mentally impaired | More information | Apply |
| Person/s in detention | More information | Apply |
| School leavers under 20 | More information | Apply |
| Volunteer residential care workers | More information | Apply |
| Carer for a disabled person | More information | Apply |
| Application by owner of a care home (Where all residents are disregarded) | More information | Apply |
| Application for discount for members of religious communities | More information | Apply |
| Application for disabled person’s relief | More information | Apply |
| People staying in certain hostels or night shelters | More information | Please contact us for futher information |
| Members of visiting forces and certain international institutions | More information | Please contact us for futher information |
| Foreign diplomats and their non-British spouses | More information | Please contact us for futher information |