MHDC Application for Council Tax second home discount

  • Application for Council Tax Second home

    (a furnished property that is no one’s sole or main residence). Failure to provide any of the information requested may result in unnecessary delays.

  • A second home is any dwelling that is furnished but nobody lives in it as their sole or main residence. From 1st April 2013 there is no discount available and therefore full Council Tax will be payable.

    However, we can reduce the amount of Council Tax by half (50%) if the property is regarded as job related (see below) or the second home is a pitch occupied by a caravan or a mooring occupied by a boat.

    Job-related second home - Where a specific dwelling is provided (under a tenancy or otherwise) to an individual or their spouse by their employer for the better performance of their duties and it is the kind of employment in which it is customary for employers to provide accommodation to employees. You have to be liable for the Council Tax at both your main residence and second home to qualify for the discount (This may not apply if you are a Minister of Religion).

    For example:

    • a publican who has their own house but their contract / tenancy requires them to live in the pub.
    • a school caretaker who has a family home elsewhere but their contract of employment requires them to occupy accommodation provided by the employer in or next to the school
    • a minister of religion who has their own home but has to live in other accommodation provided by the church in order to carry out their duties as a minister.
  • Date you purchased the property:
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  • Date from which you wish to claim:
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  • If applicable, property is/was a second home until:
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  • Is the property anyone's main residence?
  • If yes, please confirm when this occurred:
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  • Is the property furnished?
  • If yes, please confirm when this occurred:
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  • Are you required to live elsewhere in job-related accommodation, which is provided to you or your spouse by your/their employer, because of the terms and conditions of your/their employment? You will need to provide a copy of your contract of employment or letter from your employer confirming that you must reside in that dwelling as a condition of your employment.(This does not apply to a second home that you are renting because living there is convenient for work).
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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 Malvern Hills District Council can use my personal data for the purpose of processing the Application for Council Tax Second home, 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.

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