Energy rebate
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Can residents be mindful of receiving scam calls regarding the government’s £150 Council Tax Energy Rebate. We will not be calling residents over the phone to take payment or bank details, nor will we ask you for any other personal information over the telephone about this.
Council Tax Energy Rebate
The government has announced a £150 payment to help residents with rising energy costs. More details on how this will be paid to you is set out below.
The Government announced, on Thursday 3 February 2022, that some households will receive a rebate to help with their energy bills. People paying Council Tax living in properties in bands A, B, C and D (and Band E with Disabled Persons Relief) will receive a one-off payment of £150.
The government has indicated that it does not expect councils to send payments out before April 2022.
Pay by Direct Debit?
If you are eligible for the rebate and you pay your Council Tax by Direct Debit, we will start to pay £150 directly into the bank account your Direct Debit payments are taken from the week commencing 25 April 2022.
Information will be updated on this page weekly to advise of the payments that have been made together with a timetable of future payments.
If you don’t pay by Direct Debit, we’ll contact you to ask you to provide your bank account details. You don’t need to contact us in the meantime but if you wish, you may Sign up now to pay your council tax by Direct Debit.
This is not a reduction in Council Tax
You won’t get a Council Tax reduction on your bill. It is not a reduction in Council Tax and will not show on your bill.
If you live in a property in Council Tax band E, F, G or H, you may be eligible for a discretionary payment to help with your energy bills.
We have now received further guidance on both the main scheme and the discretionary payments scheme and we are working on plans to deliver this much needed support as soon as we can. We will update this page when plans are finalised.
Properties that are not eligible
- Unoccupied properties that are unfurnished will not be eligible.
- Unoccupied properties that are furnished, have no permanent residents and are a second home will not be eligible.
Council Tax energy rebate leaflet
(updated 08/04/2022)