Someone detained in hospital

If someone living in your home is being detained in hospital or other place by order of a court and without them only one ‘adult’ lives there, you can apply for a 25 percent discount on your council tax.

  Tell us someone is detained under the mental health act

You may not have to pay council tax if a property is unoccupied because someone:

  • Is being held in a hospital or other place by order of a court
  • Is detained under the mental health act 1983

We will need to see the court order or letter from the doctor who applied for the detention.

  Tell us a property is empty as someone is detained under the mental health act

Someone is receiving care not in their home

If someone living in your home needs care and moves in with family or friends or to a care home, nursing home or hospital and without them only one ‘adult’ lives there, you can apply for a 25 percent discount on your council tax.

  Tell us someone is in hospital or a care home

You may not have to pay council tax if a property is unoccupied because someone:

  • Is a permanent resident with family or friends or in a hospital or nursing/care home
  • Is living elsewhere to receive care due to old age, illness, disablement, past or present alcohol or drug dependence, or past or present mental disorder

  Tell us a property is empty as someone is in hospital or a care home 

  Tell us a property is empty as someone is receiving care elsewhere