Flood alert
Warrington is currently affected by flooding in many parts of the borough.
The latest advice, guidance and information can be found on our Flood Alert – January 2021 page, which is being regularly updated.
National lockdown: please stay at home
Warrington is subject to the current national lockdown restrictions - please stay at home. For more more information about what this means, visit our coronavirus web pages.
If someone you lived with has died, and you are now the only person living in the home who is liable to pay council tax, you may be able to apply for single person discount.
If someone has died and their home is now unoccupied, it is exempt from council tax.
To apply, you must be an executor or administrator of the person’s estate.
The exemption lasts from the day they died until six months after the grant of probate or letters of administration are issued. Or it stops immediately if:
If this happens, you must contact us straight away so that we can cancel the exemption.
Jointly owned property
You can't apply for this exemption if the property was jointly owned, as the other person would still be liable to pay council tax as the owner of an empty property.