Published 19 November 2009
Summary
Details of the local authority council taxbase 2009 England were announced on 19 November 2009.
The latest statistics release includes data from 2005 to 2009 updates those statistics previously issued on 26 November 2008.
Number of dwellings
- In England there were 22.0 million dwellings on the Valuation Office valuation list liable for council tax as at 14 September 2009. This is an increase of 1 per cent compared with 2008 and an increase of 3 per cent compared with 2005.
- The number of dwellings on the valuation list that are exempt from council tax increased by 1 per cent compared with 2008 and by 11 per cent compared with 2005.
- The number of class E exemptions (unoccupied dwellings because the resident has moved into hospital or a care home) increased by 7 per cent from September 2008 to stand at 32,700 in September 2009.
- The number of class G exemptions (unoccupied dwellings when occupation is prohibited by law) fell by 8 per cent between 2008 and 2009.
- The number of class L exemptions (unoccupied dwellings repossessed by a mortgage lender) broadly levelled off in September 2009 at 15,500 after having more than doubled between September 2007 and September 2008.
- The number of class Q exemptions (unoccupied dwellings where the person who would otherwise be liable is a trustee in bankruptcy) increased to 1,800 in September 2009 compared with 400 two years ago, in September 2007.
- 7.6 million dwellings were entitled to a discount as a result of being occupied by single adults. This represents 33 per cent of all dwellings.
- 2.7 million Band A dwellings (50 per cent of all dwellings liable to Band A council tax) were entitled to a single adults discount.
Empty properties
- While the number of long term empty properties has remained broadly stable between 2005 and 2009, the percentage of all long term empty properties that were subject to a discount has fallen from 67 per cent to 55 per cent.
Number of dwellings by region and valuation band
- Nationally, two thirds of properties are in Bands A to C and only 9 per cent are in the top three bands.
- The pattern varies widely across regions. In the North East 56 per cent of all properties are in Band A; in London the figure is just 3 per cent. London and the South East accounts for 70 per cent of all Band H properties in England.
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