Empty homes premium exceptions

Customer details

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

Council tax account number

Full name

Address you are applying for

Selection one option as the reason for your application

Properties being actively marketed for sale. This exception can be applied for a maximum of 12 monthsDwellings being actively marketed for let. This exception can be applied for a maximum of 12 monthsAnnexes forming, or being treated as, part of the main propertyEmpty properties requiring or undergoing major repairs or structural alterations. This exception can be applied for a maximum of 12 monthsA property which is, or would, someone's sole or main residence if they were not living in job-related armed forces accommodation

A property which is, or would be, someone's sole or main residence if they are were not living 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, or being treated as, part of the main property

Date on when the exception should apply from

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

Properties being actively marked for sales. 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)

Dwellings 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

Empty properties requiring or undergoing major repairs or structural alterations. This exception can be applied for a maximum of 12 months.

This applies to a vacant property which requires or is undergoing major repair work to make it habitable, or structural alterations

Date that major work or repairs began at the property.

Provide details of the extent of works being carried out.

Provide details or proof of how this property has been marketed (for example, a specific website or publication).

Upload evidence

ie, photograph of publication

Warning

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 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.