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We would advise that customers needing to make a payment to the council use the telephone payment line for:
We would advise that customers needing to make a payment to the council use the telephone payment line for:
- Parking Fines
- Council Tax
- Business Rates
- Housing Benefit Overpayments
- General Debtors
The telephone payment line number is 0330 008 1605 .
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Unoccupied dwellings owned by charities
Class B: Unoccupied Dwellings Owned by Charities
A dwelling owned by a charity is exempt for up to six months from the date that it became unoccupied, if the property was being used for the purposes of the charity up to that date. The exemption applies whether or not the property contains furniture. For the purposes of Class B, a charity is described as "a body established for charitable purposes only" and, in considering whether a dwelling has been unoccupied for up to six months, any temporary occupation of less than six weeks is disregarded.
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