If you wish to claim a reduction in your Council Tax bill, please go to Council Tax - Online Forms.

Visiting Forces

A property is exempt from Council Tax if the person who is liable is either of the following:

• a member of a visiting force from a country to which the Visiting Forces Act 1952 applies
• a member of a civilian component of the force

A dependant of a member is also exempt, providing that the dependant is neither a British citizen nor ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom.

You will need to provide a letter from your organisation or a certificate issued under Section 11 of the Visiting Forces Act 1952 to support your application.

Diplomats

If you are a Diplomat and you lease or own the property in which you live, your property may be exempt from Council Tax.

You must not be permanently resident in the United Kingdom and the property concerned must not be your second home.

If you are responsible for Council Tax and you allow a Diplomat to live with you, you can disregard (not count) the diplomat when you are counting up the number of adults in your property.

If this means that only 1 person is counted, you will be entitled to a 25% discount off your Council Tax bill.

Members of International Headquarters and Defence Organisations

Members of International Headquarters and Defence Organisations and their dependants are disregarded (not counted) when you are adding up the number of adults who live in a property.

If this means that only 1 person is counted, you will be entitled to a 25% discount off your Council Tax bill.

If no-one is counted, you will be entitled to a 50% discount off your Council Tax bill.