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Local Authority Council Taxbase 2011 England

Published 16 November 2011
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Summary

Details of the local authority council taxbase 2011 England were announced on 16 November 2011.

The latest statistics release includes data from 2006 to 2011 updating those statistics previously issued on 31 March 2011.

Number of dwellings

  • In England there were 22.2 million dwellings on the Valuation Office valuation list liable for council tax as at 12 September 2011. This is an increase of 1 per cent compared with 2010 and an increase of 3 per cent compared with 2007.
  • The number of dwellings on the valuation list that are exempt from council tax increased by 1 per cent compared with 2010.
  • 34 per cent of all exemptions from council tax are class C (short term vacant dwellings).
  • A further 28 per cent of all exemptions are class M or N (student related exemptions). Of these, class M exemptions have increased by more than 50 per cent in the period 2007 to 2011.
  • The number of class L exemptions (unoccupied dwellings repossessed by a mortgage lender) again fell between September 2010 and September 2011 to 11,100, the third consecutive annual fall. There are now 4,800 (or 30 per cent) less class L exemptions than the peak in 2008.
  • The number of class Q exemptions (unoccupied dwellings where the person who would otherwise be liable is a trustee in bankruptcy) increased to 2,200 in September 2011. This compares with 400 in September 2007.
  • 7.7 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.
  • The total number of dwellings on the Valuation Office valuation list in England as at 12 September 2011 was 23.0 million, an increase of 137,000, or 1 per cent compared with 2010. Of this increase, 49,300, or 36 per cent of the total, are in London and the South East.

Empty properties

  • Between 2010 and 2011 the number of long-term empty dwellings subject to a discount fell by 30,000 (or 19 per cent). In the same period the number of long-term empty dwellings not subject to a discount increased by 9,000 (or 6 per cent).
  • The number of long term empty dwellings that were subject to a discount has fallen by 62,000, or 33 per cent, between 2007 and 2011. In the same period the number of long term empty dwellings that do not receive a discount has increased by 27,000 or 21 per cent. This gives a net reduction of 35,000, or 11 per cent, in the total number of empty dwellings.
  • Since the introduction of the New Homes Bonus in the summer of 2010 a number of authorities have taken the opportunity to review the empty properties and second homes in their area. A number have also altered the level of discount awarded with many abolishing the discount for empty properties altogether.

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 4 per cent. London and the South East accounts for 70 per cent of all Band H properties in England.

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