Thanks alreadyexists and ss002d6252. Do you think I should hang on and wait to see what the council will do? As it stands the information for the 2014-2015 period was only mentioned from my partner and thinking back to that period he exaggerated the refurb period. He would of been staying a few nights especially on the weekends as he was doing all the work! I can easily supply information to the council by electoral role, car insurance and bank statements, work letters that prove where my residence was/is; As can my partner. Or maybe I should call the council myself and find out what the situation is? I know Im trying to second guess here which is a massive stress

I just spoke to the ombudsman and they said its not something they can take on, and they suggested valuation tribunal as you did...I get the feeling that this whole mess is going to cost me grands

Thanks for the reply. My partner called them and thats how they discovered that nobody was living there between 2014 - 2015. Is it most likely that the call was being recorded? I know they asked him for a reference number I have always been named on the bill at my mothers. I never notified the council until now because of the SPD form. I have all my post going to my mothers and my partner has his post going to the address in dispute. I wasn't aware of the Local Government Ombudsman, I will give them a call tomorrow. Im hoping I can receive some advice here first

Hi there, this is my first post so apologies if this dilemma is elsewhere. I did do a search first but couldn't find anything similar. I received a single person discount declaration form asking to update/verify my circumstances. This spd has been in effect since 2014. The house in question was bought be myself and my partner, and was a complete refurb. We was exempt from paying any council tax for the first 28 days and after that was moved onto a spd even though nobody was living in the property (due to the heavy renovation being done); This took around 12 months to complete. As stated earlier I had registered for the spd. Once the work was completed my partner moved into the house but I remained at my mothers house (due to the fact that we are not married). Although the spd and council tax had remained in my name. I called the council to explain the situation and they're now saying the following: - we are liable to pay full council tax from 2014 - 2015 as the spd is on the basis that someone living in the property (even though it was empty) - we are liable to pay full council tax from 2015 - 2017 based on the fact that my partner was living there alone and the council tax was in my name If anyone could advise what I should do I'd be greatly appreciative Thanks you in advance