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You have a legal right to challenge your Council Tax band (鈥榤ake a proposal鈥�) 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:

• there鈥檚 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 there鈥檚 been a change that affects the property

You can propose a new band if there鈥檚 been a change that affects the value of the property. One of the following must apply:

• your property has changed - for example, it鈥檚 been split into multiple properties or merged into one
• your property鈥檚 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:聽

• 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 it鈥檚 in 鈥榩oor repair鈥�. It must be derelict or in serious disrepair (for example a collapsed ceiling). There鈥檚 more guidance on what counts as poor repair and what鈥檚 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.

You鈥檒l 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 you鈥檒l need to pay Council Tax from the work鈥檚 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. You鈥檒l need to suggest the proposed band.

Information you need to provide

When you make a challenge, you鈥檒l need to provide:

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

You鈥檒l also need to say whether you鈥檙e the homeowner or a tenant.

If there has been a change to your property or area

If you鈥檙e proposing a new band, you must also provide one of the following:

• a description of any changes to your property
• details of your property鈥檚 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 you鈥檙e 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 you鈥檙e making the proposal for.