MHDC Application for Council Tax Annexe discount form
  • Application for Council Tax Annexe Discount

    If you are applying for this discount because the annexe is being used by the resident of the main house as part of their sole or main residence please complete Sections A, B and D. If you are applying for this discount because the annexe is occupied by a relative of the person/s liable to pay Council Tax for the main house please complete Sections A, C and D. Failure to provide any of the information requested may result in unnecessary delays.
  • Annexe Discount: in respect of a dwelling which —

    (a) forms part of a single property which includes at least one other dwelling; and
    (b) is being used by a resident of that other dwelling as part of their sole or main residence; or
    (c) is the sole or main residence of a relative of the person who is liable to pay council tax in respect of that other dwelling.

    A person (“P”) is to be regarded as the relative of another if P—
    (i) is the spouse or civil partner of that person, or
    (ii) is that person’s parent, child, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, uncle or aunt, nephew or niece, great-grandparent, great-grandchild, great-uncle, great-aunt, great-nephew or great-niece,
    or
    (iii) is that person’s great-great-grandparent, great-great-grandchild, great-great-uncle, great-great-aunt, great-great-nephew or great-great-niece; and
    (aa) a relationship by marriage or civil partnership shall be treated as a relationship by blood;
    (bb) a relationship between two persons who are not married but are living together as a married couple shall be treated as a relationship by marriage and a relationship between two persons of the same sex living together as if they were civil partners shall be treated as a relationship by civil partnership; and
    (cc) the stepchild of a person shall be treated as that person’s child;
    (dd) the child of the civil partner of a person (‘A’) shall be treated as A’s child.

  • Section A (to be completed in all cases)

  • Date from which you wish to claim the discount:
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  • Section B (annexe being used by the resident of the main house as part of their sole or main residence)

  • Is the annexe being used by the resident of the main property as part of their sole or main residence?
  • Is the annexe unfurnished?
  • If yes, please confirm when this occurred:
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  • Section C (annexe occupied by a relative of the person/s liable to pay Council Tax for the main house)

  • Is the annexe occupied by a relative of the person/s liable to pay Council Tax for the main house?
  • Section D (to be completed in all cases)

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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 Annexe Discount, 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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