Christmas and New Year information
Find out all the information you need about our services over the Christmas and New Year period. This includes our opening times, waste collection days, and how to contact us out of hours.
Empty homes
Owners of long term empty homes are subject to Premium Council Tax rate.
If you are an owner of an empty home
If you are an owner of an empty home it will cost you money.
You still need to pay Council Tax on the property, plus insurance, maintenance costs and money for repairs.
Premium Council Tax rate
Homes that are empty for one year or more are subject to Premium Council Tax rate:
- a property that has been empty for one to five years will be liable to an additional premium of 100 percent (double usual rate)
- a property that has been empty for five years to ten years will be liable to an additional premium of 200 percent (triple rate)
- properties empty for ten or more years face an additional premium of 300 percent (quadruple usual rate), which stays in place until the premises are reoccupied
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As a new council we are in the process of adding information to this website. To give you the information you need some pages will link back to the old council websites.