Property Bought to Demolish and build a new house

[SJONNO]

Please could you assist with any information regarding if or how much council tax I should be paying

I bought a bungalow over 2 years ago that required a lot of work doing to it , so have put in planning for it to be re built.

I have removed all water/Gas/Electric connections to the property 2 years ago and there is no bathroom or Kitchen just the shell of the house.


I have carried on paying for 2 years council tax which is band D to the value of £1562.11 a year . Should I be paying this ? No one lives there as it is unhabitable .

Ant information on this before I go to the council would be appreciated

Regards Steve

[CharlieP]

Re: Property Bought to Demolish and build a new house

Council tax charges depend on your individual council polices.
Empty properties can sometimes lead to an increase of 50% on top of the standard rate. This however is for habitable properties to discourage owners of just leaving them. Derelict can be free of charge but I'm not sure yours can be classified as derelict as you intentionally have made it unhabitable. See here:https://www.gov.uk/council-tax/secon...pty-properties

[des8]

Re: Property Bought to Demolish and build a new house

It depends on the state of the property IE is it derelict or uninhabitable
The house exists, i.e. it is an hereditament and appears from your post not to be derelict but uninhabitable and will therefore be placed in a tax band.
It would have been worth obtaining a new rating valuation from the VOA, which would probably have put it into band A.as it is unnhabitable.

On the other hand perhaps works being carried out are so extensive that the property would be deemed not to be an hereditament, and so not placed in a tax band.
http://manuals.voa.gov.uk/corporate/...t-man-pn4.html

It is then up to the council as to whether or not they waive the rates