Challenge your Council Tax band

Skip contents

When you have a legal right to make a challenge

You have a legal right to challenge your Council Tax band (바카라 사이트˜make a proposal바카라 사이트™) if you think your band is wrong and either:

  • you have been paying Council Tax on your property for less than 6 months
  • the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) has changed your Council Tax band in the last 6 months

You also have a legal right to challenge if:

  • there바카라 사이트™s been a change that affects the property
  • you want to remove the property from the Council Tax list
  • you want to add the property to the Council Tax list

If there바카라 사이트™s been a change that affects the property

You can propose a new band if there바카라 사이트™s been a change that affects the value of the property. One of the following must apply:

  • your property has changed - for example, it바카라 사이트™s been split into multiple properties or merged into one
  • your property바카라 사이트™s use has changed - for example, part of your property is now used for business
  • your local area has changed physically - for example, a new supermarket or main road has been built

If the property needs to be removed from the Council Tax list

You can ask for a property to be removed from the Council Tax list if any of the following apply: 

  • your property has been demolished
  • your property is derelict or in a state of serious disrepair with a number of serious structural problems
  • your property is undergoing major renovation work affecting all or most of the property
  • your property is now being used as a business and no longer counts as a domestic property

You cannot have a property removed just because it바카라 사이트™s in 바카라 사이트˜poor repair바카라 사이트™. It must be derelict or in serious disrepair (for example a collapsed ceiling). There바카라 사이트™s more guidance on what counts as poor repair and what바카라 사이트™s derelict or in disrepair.

Once a property has been removed from the Council Tax list, you will no longer pay Council Tax on that property.

You바카라 사이트™ll only start paying Council Tax again if a property was removed because of major renovation work and that work has been completed or you move back in. The property will be reassessed and you바카라 사이트™ll need to pay Council Tax from the work바카라 사이트™s completion date or move in date.

If the property needs to be added to the Council Tax list

You can ask for a property to be added to the Council Tax list if your property does not yet have a Council Tax band. You바카라 사이트™ll need to suggest the proposed band.

Information you need to provide

When you make a challenge, you바카라 사이트™ll need to provide:

  • your name
  • address of your property
  • the date from which you want to make the proposal

You바카라 사이트™ll also need to say whether you바카라 사이트™re the homeowner or a tenant.

If there has been a change to your property or area

If you바카라 사이트™re proposing a new band, you must also provide one of the following:

  • a description of any changes to your property
  • details of your property바카라 사이트™s change of use
  • a description of how your local area has changed physically
  • details of any physical works which have taken place to your property

If you바카라 사이트™re a new tax payer and have been in your property for less than 6 months

You must also provide the date you became a Council Tax payer. This date might be before you moved into the property you바카라 사이트™re making the proposal for.

View a printable version of the whole guide

Related content