Application for Disablement Reduction

The Council Tax (Reductions for Disabilities) Regulations 1992 (as amended)

Important

Before completing your application please read the explanatory notes at the bottom of the page. If you have any enquiries or difficulties in completing this form please contact us on 01480 388030.

Council Tax Payer (Applicant)

*Name:

*Address:

*Postcode:

*Date of Birth:

dd/mm/yyyy

For security purposes, please supply your date of birth

*Telephone:

Please supply a daytime telephone number in case of query

*Email:

Please supply your email address to receive a copy of this information via email

*Confirm Email:

Council Tax Reference No:

Please provide your Council Tax reference number if known.

About the Disabled Person

Name:

Relationship to Applicant:

Type of property:

Nature of Disability:

Grounds for Application

(Please see the notes at the bottom of this page before completing)

A room (other than a bathroom, kitchen or lavatory) which is mainly used for meeting the needs of the disabled person

Yes No

Please give brief details of this room

A second bathroom or kitchen required for meeting the needs of the disabled person

Second Bathroom
Second Kitchen

Sufficient floor space to permit the use of a wheelchair required for meeting the needs of the disabled person within the property

Yes No

Have any other adaptations been made because of the person's disability? (if yes, please list them to the right)

If you have answered Yes to any of the above, please give the date this was first effective from

dd/mm/yyyy

It may be necessary for an officer from the Council Tax section to inspect the property. Please indicate below by ticking all suitable times when a visit may be made. We will contact you before we visit.

Monday		Tuesday		Wednesday		Thursday		Friday
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Please tick here if you are sending a doctor's (or other medical professional's) letter by post (please see note 2 below)

Declaration:

* I certify that the above details are correct. I will notify you if I believe that I no longer quality for a reduction granted in respect of this application.

*Mandatory field

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NOTES FOR YOUR GUIDANCE

1. The Council Tax (Reductions for Disabilities) Regulations 1992 (as amended) allow billing authorities such as Huntingdonshire District Council to make reductions where all the necessary conditions are met.

The reduction will for properties Band B to H, be equivalent to a rebanding of the property into the band immediately below that shown in the valuation list. (eg: A qualifying property shown in the list as Band D would in effect be charged as a Band C property.) However, the list itself will not be altered.
Since 1st April 2000, properties in valuation Band A may receive a reduction (with the charge after disablement reduction being calculated as 5/9ths of the Band D charge).

2. When deciding on your this application, the Council must be satisfied:-

(a) that there is a disabled resident who needs either space for a wheelchair to be used inside the home, or a special or additional kitchen, bathroom or other room, and

(b) that this space or room is essential or of major importance to the well-being of the disabled resident because of the nature and extent of their disability.

For the purposes of the regulations, a disabled resident means a person who has their sole or main residence at that address, and who is substantially and permanently disabled (whether by illness, injury, congenital deformity or otherwise).

It will help, in less obvious cases, if you can supply a note from a doctor, or other qualified professional (such as an occupational therapist or social worker) confirming that the disabled resident needs the extra space or room described above.

Your doctor may charge you for supplying this information and this charge would be your responsibility for payment. Therefore, it would be sensible to discuss this with us on 01480 388030, in the first instance.

If for any reason you are unable to obtain such confirmation easily, then do not delay your application if you believe you are eligible for a reduction. However, we may need to ask for evidence in support of your application later on.

3. The application must be made by the person who is liable to pay the Council Tax.

4. The calculation of any reduction is on a daily basis and is directly related to the period of time that the disabled person is resident at the property.

You must make a new application each year. It is unlikely however, that a full application will be necessary in later years, and it may be sufficient for the Council to seek only confirmation that the circumstances have not changed since the original application.

5. If you have made adaptations to your property because of the disabled person's medical circumstances, please supply as much information as possible including the date that these adaptations were completed.