If everyone who lives in a property is a full time student the property is exempt from council tax. You must apply for this exemption, it is not automatic. If one of these full time students stops being a student then the property will no longer be exempt and council tax must be paid.

Properties occupied by a mix of students and non-students may be eligible for a discount. Students are 'not counted' when calculating how many people live in a property. As the charge assumes two people live in a property, if there were two people resident, but one was a full time student, then you can apply for a discount for the student resident.

Apply for student council tax exemptions and discounts

York students

If you are a student at any of the following York colleges you do not need to send us proof of your student status as your college will provide this information directly to us.

• University of York
• York St John University
• York College

Students at other colleges

If you are a student anywhere other than the three colleges above, you will need to send us a copy of your Student Certificate(s) along with your application form.

How to apply

To apply download and return the application form in the 'Documents to download' section of this page.

A new on-line form will be available soon.