If you, or someone (including a child) who lives with you has a disability, your council tax bill could be reduced to the next lowest Council Tax band. For example:
- your property is in Band D, you’ll pay the Band C rate.
- If your home is already in the lowest band (Band A), you’ll get a 17% discount on your council tax bill instead.
Having a disability does not automatically entitle you to the disabled band reduction.
Your home must be the main residence of at least one disabled person, and you need to show you have either:
- An extra bathroom or kitchen that is needed for the disabled person.
- Extra space inside the property for using a wheelchair (if the wheelchair is for outside use only, this will not count)
- Any other room (apart from a bathroom, kitchen or toilet) that is of major importance and essential to the wellbeing of the person who has the disability
The ‘any other room’ must be essential or of major importance to the disabled person’s wellbeing, due to the nature and extent of their disability.
Please see our guidance notes before making an application. Apply for a discount
After you have applied for money off your Council Tax
While we're looking at your application, please keep paying your current Council Tax bill as usual.
What happens next:
- If your application is successful, we will apply the discount to your account and send you a new bill.
- We will check your entitlement regularly. If you don't reply to our review letters, your discount may be removed.
Keep Us Updated:
- Please tell us about any changes in your circumstances within 21 days. Changes could affect your discount. If you don't let us know, you could be fined or taken to court.
- Its quick and easy to report a change online:
Report a change in circumstances or call us on 0300 1234 141