Exemptions - Council Tax
Your property may be exempt from Council Tax - the list below will help you to find out.
Contact information
Revenues Service, Corporate and Customer Services DeptLuton Borough Council
Town Hall
George Street
Luton, Bedfordshire
LU1 2BQ
Tel: 01582 510345
Fax: 01582 546977 / Minicom 01582 414367
Email: revenues@luton.gov.uk
If your property is only occupied by students under 18 or severely mentally impaired people, it could be exempt. The following properties are also exempt:
- those requiring or undergoing structural alterations or major repairs to render them habitable (exempt for up to six months after completion)
- those owned by charity (exempt for up to six months)
- unfurnished including new dwellings (exempt for up to six months) irrespective of changes in ownership
- those belonging to people living or detained elsewhere, ie persons receiving or providing care, students or prisoners
- those left by deceased persons (exempt until six months after the grant or probate or letters of administration)
- annexes that are difficult to let separately
- those prohibited by law from being occupied
- repossessed by the mortgage lender
- those awaiting occupation by a minister of religion
- being the responsibility of a bankrupt's trustee
- caravan pitches or boat moorings
If you want to claim an exemption, you can download the form from this page, complete it and return it to us at the address on this page.
Factsheets that may help you:
Council tax reduction for disabled people
Guide to council tax for students
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