Council Tax Discount and Premium Notice

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN under Section 11 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended by the Local Government Finance Act 2012, that at a meeting on the 29th January 2025 the Royal Borough of Greenwich resolved, for the year 2025/26:

• to continue at 0% for the whole of its area the level of council tax discount on dwellings falling within the definitions of Class C and D of the Council Tax (Prescribed Classes of Dwellings)(England) Regulations 2003 and the Council Tax (Prescribed Classes of Dwellings)(England)(Amendment) Regulations 2012;

• To introduce a new council tax premium of 100% on Class A & Class B dwellings (second homes) in the borough for 2025/26

• a continuance of a Council Tax premium of 100% in 2025/26 in respect of Long Term Empty dwellings, for dwellings empty from 12 months to 5 years.

• a continuance of a Council Tax premium of 200% in 2025/26 in respect of Long Term empty dwellings, for dwellings empty longer than 5 years.

• a continuance of a Council Tax premium of 300% in 2025/26 in respect of Long Term

• empty dwellings, for dwellings empty longer than 10 years.

• a continuance of a local Council Tax discount of 100% in respect of Royal Borough of Greenwich care leavers aged 25 and under for 2025/26

• a continuance of a local Council Tax discount of 100% in respect of Royal Borough of Greenwich foster carers & shared lives households in the borough for 2025/26