Wealden District Council
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Council Tax Exemptions

Some dwellings are exempt from Council Tax. These include properties occupied only by students, or only by a severely mentally impaired person or where a dwelling has been left unoccupied because someone has moved into a care home.

Exemptions can apply where a dwelling is,

  • owned by a charity (exempt up to six months).
  • left empty by someone who has gone into prison.
  • left unoccupied by someone who has moved to receive personal care in a hospital or elsewhere.
  • left unoccupied by someone who has moved in order to provide personal care to another person.
  • left unoccupied following the death of the person that was living there. 
  • repossessed by the mortgagee.
  • the responsibility of a bankrupt’s trustee.
  • left empty because occupation is prohibited by law.
  • left unoccupied waiting to be occupied by a minister of religion.
  • left empty by students.
  • a vacant caravan pitch or boat mooring.
  • an unoccupied annexe, which can’t be sold or let separately from the main dwelling.
  • occupied by diplomats.
  • a granny annexe which is occupied by elderly or disabled relatives of the residents living in the rest of the property.