06 May 2022
Your request & our response
1. How many applications for council tax exemption have been received in the last 12 months?
We cannot provide an accurate figure as exemption requests are received through a variety of channels, and often form part of a general query or move notification either into, within, or out of the borough.
2. In the last 2 years, how many residents of Lambeth Council have applied for council tax exemption due to being a permanent resident in a care home, nursing home or assisted living complex, and therefore have had to leave their owned properties empty and unoccupied? Please include applications made by appointed attorneys or deputies on a resident's behalf.
We do not record applications for individual exemptions. However, please see below for active exemptions as at month end for the past two financial years. These are uncommon exemption classes.
|
Apr-20 |
May-20 |
Jun-20 |
Jul-20 |
Aug-20 |
Sep-20 |
Oct-20 |
Nov-20 |
Dec-20 |
Jan-21 |
Feb-21 |
Mar-21 |
|
|
Class E |
43 |
43 |
47 |
47 |
42 |
40 |
38 |
37 |
39 |
40 |
38 |
37 |
|
Class I |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
|
Apr-21 |
May-21 |
Jun-21 |
Jul-21 |
Aug-21 |
Sep-21 |
Oct-21 |
Nov-21 |
Dec-21 |
Jan-22 |
Feb-22 |
Mar-22 |
|
|
Class E |
36 |
36 |
37 |
33 |
33 |
32 |
31 |
31 |
32 |
30 |
28 |
28 |
|
Class I |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Class E - It is vacant (furnished or unfurnished) because the person liable to pay council tax is a permanent patient in a hospital or a care home.
Class I - It is vacant (furnished or unfurnished) because the person liable to pay council tax is receiving care elsewhere (but not in a residential care home, which would come under class E).
3. How many properties in the London borough of Lambeth currently face a premium council tax of 150% because they're unoccupied and have been left empty for over 2 years?
Please note that the council applies a 100% premium for properties that have been empty for between 2 and 5 years. In the last available capture as at 31/03/2022, there were 340 properties that had been empty for between 2 and 5 years and were consequently in receipt of a 100% long term empty premium.