Apply for a Council Tax disabled reduction

If you have adapted your home to meet the needs of a disabled person who does not need to be an adult to qualify but must permanently live in the property and the disabled person must be permanently and substantially disabled by illness, injury or congenital deformity or other reason, we may be able to reduce your Council Tax bill.

Find out more about a disabled reduction

This form will ask you to provide

Your details
The name and address of the disabled person
The nature of their disability
Which of the features listed above the property has
The date from which these conditions apply

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To provide this service Thanet District Council will collect and process personal information. We may check some of the information with other sources (e.g. government departments and other councils) to verify your identity and ensure that the information you have provided is accurate.

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Declaration

Please check the box below to confirm that you have read, understand and agree to the following statements before completing this form:

I confirm the information that I will give on this form will be correct and true
I will notify you of any relevant changes that could result in an amendment to this discount within 21 days of the change
I understand that if I give information that is false this could lead to a penalty or legal proceedings being taken against me
I understand my data may be shared with other departments as permitted by law

About you

Title (for example Mr, Mrs, Ms, Miss)(Required)

First name(Required)

Last name(Required)

Contact phone number(Required)

Please provide a mobile number if you have one as we are now using text messaging (SMS) to contact some of our residents.

Email address(Required)

We will use your email address to send the receipt of your form, including the form reference number. This may include personal data. We will also use your email address to contact you about your Council Tax account.

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Would you like to receive your Council Tax bills by email?(Required)

You can receive your Council Tax bills by email rather than post. We will send all future Council Tax bills to the email address you have given above. This service is only available to people who are named on the bill. If you change your email address you must let us know straight away. You can opt out of this at any time at thanet.gov.uk/paperless

Yes

No

About the disabled person

Council Tax account reference (if known)

Please select the option which best applies(Required)

I am the disabled person applying for a discount and I am responsible for the Council tax bill

I live with the disabled person applying for a discount and I am responsible for the Council tax bill

Full name of the disabled person(Required)

What is your relationship to this person?(Required)

Is this person 18 years or over?(Required)

Yes

No

Address for which you are applying (where the disabled person lives)

Postcode(Required)

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address(Required)

Address(Required)

House name or number Address line 1 Address line 2 Town or city Postcode

Reason for application

What is the nature of the disabled person's disability?(Required)

Please select all of the options that apply to the property(Required)

There is an extra bathroom (not a second toilet) or kitchen needed by the disabled person

There is a room other than a bathroom, kitchen or toilet which the disabled person needs and uses

The disabled person uses a wheelchair indoors

None of the above

Please provide details about how this meets the needs of the disabled person(Required)

Please confirm what the additional room is(Required)

How does this meet the needs of the disabled person?(Required)

For example, storage or use of special equipment. if the additional room is not being used for its original purpose, please provide additional details

When do these conditions apply from?(Required)

About backdating the application

If the conditions have been in place for more than 12 months and you would like to request the reduction is backdated, we require a letter from a professional medical practitioner stating the date the conditions have been in place for, the relevant circumstances and the date when the adaptations were made, if known. Without this additional evidence, the reduction cannot be backdated. The letter can be uploaded to this form or sent to the local authority by post.

Upload professional medical practitioner letter to support your application

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You do not qualify for this reduction

Based on your answers, you do not qualify for this reduction. If you think you need to change any of your answers, use the ‘Previous’ button.

Otherwise, please end your application. Should your circumstances change in the future, you may complete the form again.

Other information

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