Council Tax Exemptions - Empty Property

	• For advice regarding empty homes and the assistance Newport City Council can offer owners, visit our Empty homes webpage. • Once your property becomes occupied, please ensure you update Council Tax Moving home or changing name.
A	Undergoing major repairs/structural alterations
	Substantially unfurnished and unoccupied property requiring or undergoing structural repairs or structural alterations to make it habitable and for six months after such work is substantially completed to a maximum of twelve months
B	Unoccupied, owned by a charity
	An unoccupied dwelling may be granted exemption for up to six months from the date it became unoccupied providing the property is owned by a body established for charitable purposes and was last occupied in furtherance of the objects of the charity
C	Empty for up to six months
	Substantially unfurnished and unoccupied for less than six months
D	Empty – person in prison
	An unoccupied dwelling where the owner or tenant is detained in a prison, hospital or other place of detention by order of a court. Please provide the name of the establishment
E	Empty – person gone to live in a care home
	An unoccupied dwelling where the liable person now has his or her sole or main residence in a hospital, residential care home, nursing home, mental nursing home or hostel. Please provide name of establishment
F	Council tax payer deceased
	An unoccupied dwelling where the person who was liable to pay council tax has died, the property has remained unoccupied since the date of death, and a grant of probate or letters of administration has not been made, or less than six months have elapsed since a grant was made. Please provide the date of death and date of grant of probate if applicable
G	Occupation prohibited by law
	An unoccupied dwelling where occupation is prohibited by law or an Act of Parliament
H	Dwelling held for a minister of religion
	An unoccupied dwelling which is held vacant for occupation by a minister of religion as a residence from which to perform the duties of his office
I	Person living elsewhere to receive personal care
	An unoccupied dwelling where the liable person now has his or her sole or main residence elsewhere (not a hospital, residential home care, nursing home, mental nursing home or hostel) in order to receive care
J	Person living elsewhere to provide personal care
	An unoccupied dwelling where the liable person now has his or her sole or main residence elsewhere in order to provide care to another person
K	Dwelling left empty by a student
	An unoccupied dwelling which was last occupied as the sole or main residence of one or more students only. The exemption applies only to those cases where the owner is a student or became a student within six weeks of vacating the property
L	Mortgagee in possession
	An unoccupied dwelling where the mortgagee (lender) is in possession under the mortgage
Q	Property left empty by a bankrupt person
	An unoccupied dwelling where the liable person is responsible in his or her capacity as a trustee in bankruptcy under the Bankruptcy Act 1914 or the Insolvency Act 1986
R	Unoccupied caravan pitch or boat mooring
	A dwelling consisting of a pitch or a mooring which is not occupied by a caravan or as the case may be a boat
T	Unoccupied annex to an occupied building
	An unoccupied annex which may not be let separately.

Council Tax Exemptions - Empty Property

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