Application for Property left unoccupied and substantially unfurnished

Property left unoccupied and substantially unfurnished application for a Council Tax discount

Failure to provide any of the information requested may result in unnecessary delays
Pre 01/04/2013

A 100% exemption applied to properties that were unoccupied and unfurnished for a continuous period of less than 6 months.

Post 01/04/2013
A 50% discount applies to properties that are unoccupied and unfurnished for a continuous period of less than 6 months after which a full charge is payable.

Post 01/04/2017
A 100% discount applies to properties that are unoccupied and unfurnished for a continuous period of less than 1 month after which a full charge is payable.
Please note that the exemption/discount relates to the property and not the liable person, so it is possible that some or all of the exemption/discount period may have been used up by the previous liable person.

If a property remains unoccupied and substantially unfurnished for more than 2 years, the charge will increase to 200% until the situation changes (you will need to advise us of any changes which may impact upon your Council Tax charge).

These rules may be subject to change in future financial years.
Account or property reference (if known):
Full name of applicant: *

First NameLast Name
Full current residential address of applicant:*

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityCounty

Postcode
Full address of property for which a discount is being claimed:

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityCounty

Postcode
Date from which you wish to claim the discount:

DayMonthYear
Date you purchased the property (if different):

DayMonthYear
Is the property unoccupied?

YesNo
If yes, please confirm when this occurred:

DayMonthYear
Is the property unfurnished?

YesNo
If yes, please confirm when this occurred:

DayMonthYear

If no, but very little furniture remains, please confirm the number of rooms and list the items present:

	Number of rooms	List of items present
Living room
Bedroom
Kitchen
Bathroom
Other (please specify)

Total rooms
This information will be used to enable us to determine whether the property is substantially unfurnished.
What is the reason that the property has been left unoccupied and substantially unfurnished?
Address you are or were resident at whilst the property is or was vacant (if different):
Daytime phone number*

Area CodePhone Number
Email*
example@example.com
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?*

YesNo
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 Property left unoccupied and substantially unfurnished application for a Council Tax 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.
Full Name*

First NameLast Name
Date*

DayMonthYear
Should be Empty:

Property left unoccupied and substantially unfurnished application for a Council Tax discount