Reduced Council Tax? Bus Stop Outside

[JOEYGREEN]

Can anyone please tell me if we should pay a reduced council tax amount because we have a bus stop right outside our house? We have heard from a few people that this is so but just want to check it out on here before I ring the Council.
Thanks in advance. Joey

[redcrx]

sorry Joey, ive never heard of such a rule.

Councils dont like giving discounts for anything.

[mccfluff]

never heard of that one, i have a speed camera outside mine and get treated to a light display some nights!

http://www.huntsdc.gov.uk/Money+and+Benefits/C ouncil+Tax/Council+Tax+Discounts.htm

[Hawkwalk]

surely you should pay more for such a convenience!!

[JOEYGREEN]

No, its a pain in the b@ckside to be honest. We don't use the bus either. You have people looking in at your house all day and they really do!, kids throwing litter into your garden and fence posts broken, etc etc. I'd much rather have it further up the road.

Thanks anyway!

[mrs_overall]

No, there is no discount.
My in laws have had a pelican crossing installed right outside their house and they were livid about it.

The only thing the council did for them was to plant a hedge between the crossing and their house.

It died 3 months later.

[Buenchico]

Assuming that you're in England, your council tax band is based upon the value of your house as if it had been sold on 1 April 1991.

It's possible that a council tax payer, somewhere in England has spotted that the nominal values of houses in their street are only just above the cut-off for a particular band. They've then successfully appealed against the valuation for their particular house, on the basis that the presence of a bus stop outside slightly reduces the value (and thus takes it into a lower band). If a 'one-off' appeals like this get publicity, it can quickly develop into an urban myth that everyone with a bus stop outside their house can get a reduction in their council tax. (It's simply not true).

Chris

[spudqueen]

Years ago, when it was the rates system you could get discounts for various 'inconveniences'. My parents got one in the 1970's when the club across the road from their house expanded into their car park, with the result that there were a lot of people parking outside my parents house! Now it is the council tax it is the same rate across the board, no discounts.

[JOEYGREEN]

Well thank you all for clearing that up. Good job I checked on here first!