Council Tax Discounts

Single Person Discount

The normal Council Tax charge for a property is made on the basis that there are at least two adults (people aged 18 or over) living in the property. Where there is only one adult we give a 'single person discount' of 25%.

You can apply for single person discount by contacting the Revenues and Benefits Service on (01327) 302293.

Discount Disregards

People that are not counted (disregarded) for Council Tax

Certain people can be 'disregarded' for Council Tax purposes. This means we do not count them when we are working out how many adults live in the property.

• If the number of adults counted is one, a discount of 25% is allowed.
• If no adults count, a discount of 50% is allowed.
• The following list shows the people that can be disregarded:
• Full time students and student nurses
• Apprentices and Youth Training Trainees
• People for whom Child benefit is payable and School leavers under 20
• Prisoners and other people held in detention
• People with severe mental impairment
• Patients living in a hospital or in a nursing home
• People providing or receiving care elsewhere
• Certain care workers and people providing care in the home
• Members of recognised religious communities 
• Foreign diplomats

For more information and to apply for a discount then please contact the Revenues and Benefits Service on 01327 302293.

Long Term Empty Properties

From 1 April 2004 council's can decide to reduce the discount to less than 50%, or give no discount at all, for unfurnished properties that no one has lived in for six months or more. Daventry District Council has decided with effect from 1 April 2007 that the discount for long term empty properties would be removed completely.

Second Homes

From 1 April 2004 council's can decide to reduce the discount on furnished second homes to as little as 10%. Daventry District Council has decided with effect from 1 April 2007 to reduce the level of discount to 10%.