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Council Tax Local Discounts & Premiums Policy

 

 

Meeting: 27/02/2024 - Council (Item 84)

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To receive and consider the report of the Director of Customer and Digital.

Additional documents:

Decision:

1. The following amounts of council tax discount on empty and substantially unfurnished properties are approved from 1 April 2024:

a. 100% discount for up to 3 months

b. 50% discount for 3-6 months

c. 0% discount for 6-24 months

2.  A 100% council tax discount for up to 12 months for uninhabitable properties is approved from 1 April 2024.

3.  The period after which a long-term empty council tax premium applies is amended from 2 years to 1 year from 1 April 2025.

4.  A council tax premium of 100% on second homes is approved from 1 April 2025.

5. The Government’s proposed exceptions when empty homes and second homes council tax premiums should not be applied are mirrored in the revised Local Discounts and Premiums Policy.

Minutes:

The Executive Member (Customer, Streetscene and Environment), Councillor Adrian Lowe, presented the report of the Director of Customer and Digital which set out options for changes to amounts of local discounts and premiums in a revised Council Tax Local Discounts and Premiums Policy.

 

The Executive Member (Customer, Streetscene and Environment), Councillor Adrian Lowe proposed and the Deputy Executive Leader, Councillor Peter Wilson seconded, and it was Resolved (unanimously)

1.      The following amounts of council tax discount on empty and substantially unfurnished properties are approved from 1 April 2024:

a. 100% discount for up to 3 months

b. 50% discount for 3-6 months

c. 0% discount for 6-24 months

2.      A 100% council tax discount for up to 12 months for uninhabitable properties is approved from 1 April 2024.

3.      The period after which a long-term empty council tax premium applies is amended from 2 years to 1 year from 1 April 2025.

4.      A council tax premium of 100% on second homes is approved from 1 April 2025.

5.      The Government’s proposed exceptions when empty homes and second homes council tax premiums should not be applied are mirrored in the revised Local Discounts and Premiums Policy.