WDC Application for unoccupied property - permanent resident in a hospital or a nursing home

  • Application for Council Tax Class E Exemption

    Failure to provide any of the information requested may result in unnecessary delays

  • Class E exemption – A property left unoccupied by persons who are in a hospital, nursing home or in a residential care home.

    Any dwelling:

    • Which are unoccupied and
    • Which were previously occupied by the owner(s) or tenant as their sole or main residence and
    • Where the owner(s) or tenant(s) now have their sole or main residence in a hospital or care home. In the above instances Owner means the Freeholder or Leaseholder. In the case of a tenant, the tenancy must be for at least 6 months.

    This exemption does not include people who spend short periods in hospital or nursing/care homes and intend to return to their original home address. A care home must be providing care and / or treatment on the premises and must be:

    • Residential Care Home – registered under the Registered Homes Act 1984 or National
      Assistance Act 1948 or run by the Abbeyfield Society or
    • Mental Nursing Home – registered under the Registered Homes Act 1984 or
    • Nursing Home – registered under the Registered Homes Act 1984b
      The exemption starts on the day that the premises become unoccupied due to the person residing in the hospital or home. The exemption will last for as long as the conditions are met.
      The Council will also need to know if anything happens which means that the property is no longer exempt. Such changes may include:
    • Someone else moving into the premises
    • Returning to the premises from hospital / home
    • The premises being sold or let
  • Date from which you wish to claim the exemption:
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  • Date property became unoccupied:
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  • Is this a permanent situation?
  • If yes, please confirm when this occurred:
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  • Is the property unfurnished?
  • If yes, please confirm when this occurred:
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  • If no, please advise the date the furniture will be removed, if known
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  • Are those named above the sole owners?
  • Additionally if no, if a formal tenancy is held, exactly when does this end?
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  • Is the property on the market for sale?

  • WHEN PROPERTY IS SOLD, PLEASE NOTIFY US IMMEDIATELY.

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  • We are trying to reduce how much paper we use and hope you will help us to go paper free. This means that if you contact us by email or provide us with an email address we will set your council tax account up so that in future your bill and all other correspondence from this department will be sent to you by email. Do you wish to receive your bills by email?*

  • Declaration: By submitting this form I agree to the best of my knowledge and belief that all the information I have given on this application is true and complete in all respects. I authorise the council to make any enquiries they wish to verify the information. Personal data is collected and processed in accordance with data protection law.

    I agree that Wychavon District Council can use my personal data for the purpose of processing the Application for Council Tax Class E Exemption, I understand my data may be shared with other departments within the council for the purposes of processing my application. For further information about how your data is managed please refer to the privacy notice on our website.

    You must notify the council as soon as these circumstances change. You acknowledge that failure to do so could result in a penalty being imposed.

  • Date*
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  • Should be Empty: