Hospitals or care home Council Tax discounts and exemptions

If you are living in a hospital or care home

You may be exempt from paying Council Tax on your home if you now live in a hospital, care home, or at a new address where care is provided.

To qualify you should still own or rent your former home. No one else should be living there since you moved.

You can apply using our online form.

Apply for a Council Tax property exemption

You can also get a hard copy of this form from the Council Tax team.

If you own a hospital or care home

If you own a hospital or care home you still need to pay Council Tax but you may qualify for a discount.

Any residents receiving care and treatment will not be counted when working out Council Tax.

This means you may be able to get a discount.

You can apply using our online form.

Apply for a Council Tax discount

Alternatively you can also get this form from the Council Tax team.

This applies to:

• NHS hospitals

• mental health nursing homes

• military hospitals

• nursing homes

• residential care homes

• bail hostels

• probation hostels

• hostels where care and treatment is given*.

*you must be giving care or treatment to somoeone who is elderly, has a physical or mental disability, alcohol or drug dependency, or mental illness (now or in the past).