Disability relief
A liable person for council tax may make a written application for disability relief where the dwelling concerned is the sole or main residence of at least one qualifying individual and in which there is provided at least one of the following facilities:
- a room which is not a bathroom, kitchen or a lavatory and which is predominantly used by and required for meeting the needs of a qualifying individual, or
- an additional bathroom or kitchen which is required to meet the needs of any qualifying individual, or;
- there is sufficient floor space to permit the use of a wheelchair indoors.
A qualifying individual is defined as:
- a person who is substantially and permanently disabled (whether by illness, injury, congenital deformity or otherwise)