Second home premium exceptions

Customer details

This form is to apply for an exception to a second homes premium charge.

Council tax account number

Your name

Address you are applying for

Reason for application (please select one option)

Properties being actively marketed for sale. This exception can be applied for a maximum of 12 monthsProperties being actively marketed for let. This exception can be applied for a maximum of 12 monthsAnnexes forming part of, or being treated as part of, the main dwellingSeasonal homes where year-round, permanent occupation is prohibited, specified for use as holiday accommodation or if a planning condition preventing occupancy for more than 28 days continuouslyOccupied caravan pitches and boat mooringsUnoccupied dwellings where probate has recently been granted. This exception can be applied for a maximum of 12 months from the date of grant or probate or letters of administration.Dwelling which is, or would be someone’s sole or main residence if they were not residing in job-related armed forces accommodationJob-related dwellings

Dwelling which is or would be someone's sole or main residence if they are were not residing in job-related armed forces accommodation.

Date the exception should apply from

Provide details of anything else we we need to know regarding this exception

Annexes forming part of, or being treated as part of, the main dwelling

Date on when the exception should apply from

Provide details of anything else we need to know regarding this exception

Properties being actively marketed for sale. This exception can be applied for a maximum of 12 months

Date on when the property was first marketed for sale

What is the value that the property is marketed at?

How is this property being marketed (for example, a specific website or publication)

Upload evidence

ie, photograph of publication

Properties being actively marked for let. This exception can be applied for a maximum of 12 months

Date when the property was first marketed for let

What is the rental amount that the property is marketed at?

How is this property being marketed (for example, a specific website or publication)?

Upload evidence

ie. photograph of publication

Unoccupied dwellings where probate has recently been granted. This exception can be applied for a maximum of 12 months from the date of grant of probate or letters of administration.

Date probate was granted or letters of administration issued

Upload evidence of the above

ie. a letter of probate or a letter from a solicitor.

Job-related dwellings

Date exception should apply from

The date that the related job started

What employment details qualify you for this exception, such as the employer and the reasons why you are required to live elsewhere for employment.

Address of the other property you are staying in

Occupied caravan pitches and boat moorings

Date the exception should apply from

Provide details of anything else we need to know regarding this exception.

Seasonal homes where year-round, permanent occupation is prohibited, specified for use as holiday accommodation or if a planning condition preventing occupancy for more than 28 days continuously.

This only applies where there is a restriction by a planning condition:

preventing occupancy for a continuous period of at least 28 days in any one year period.
specifying what the dwelling may be used for holiday let only or
preventing occupancy as a person's sole or main residence

Date the exception should apply from

Provide details regarding the restriction to use the property as a main home such as your terms of agreement.

Upload evidence

ie, terms of agreement

It is an offence for anyone to make a statement or produce information that they know to be false, in order to change a Council Tax record. A person, if convicted, can be fined, sent to prison or both.

If the property is sold, furnished and/or occupied I undertake to advise the council within 21 days of the change.

Failure to do so may result in a penalty of £70.00 which is payable in addition to any increased charge.

Declaration

I have filled in this form and declare that the information given within it is true and complete to the best of my knowledge.

I will immediately tell the Council's Revenue and Benefits Service within 21 days, if the circumstances change. This can include people moving in and out of the property.

I confirm that I have read and understood the above terms

Full name

Date

We will use the information you give in this form and any supporting evidence you send us to determine Council Tax Liability. We may pass the information to other agencies or organisations such as the Department for Work and Pensions, the Jobcentre Plus and HM Revenue and Customs, as allowed by the law. By law, we may check the information you have provided, or information provided about you by someone else, against other information we already have. We may also ask other agencies, organisations, local authorities or government departments to give us information they have about you. This is to make sure the information is accurate, prevent or detect crime and protect public funds. This includes government departments, local authorities and private-sector companies such as banks and organisations that may lend you money.

We will not give information about you to anyone else, or use information about you for other purposes unless the law allows us to. Folkestone & Hythe District Council is the data controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998. If you want to know more about what information we have about you, or the way we use that information, you can ask.