Apply for Council Tax Support and Housing Benefit
You will need to complete the relevant application form for you in accordance with the instructions. Please check that there are no errors and then submit the form and supporting evidence. Supporting evidence for a benefit application must be provided straight away, and within one month of the date your form is received.
Supporting evidence can be provided by uploading documents within the online application form using the upload and attach file facility or by sending us an email quoting your National Insurance number in the subject line.
Alternatively after submitting the application form, please submit your evidence documents online.
Please contact customer services for any support required with online forms or evidence submission.
New claim for Housing Benefit and Council Tax Support
Before you apply, if you are of working age, please check if you should be applying for Universal Credit.
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Standard Reclaim form
Complete this form if you are already claiming Housing Benefit and/or Council Tax Support and one of the following has ceased:
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Income Support
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Job Seekers Allowance (Income Based)
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Employment and Support Allowance (Income Related)
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Pension Credit (Guarantee)
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Self-employed earnings information form
Complete this form if:
- you or your partner are self-employed and if you do not have any trading accounts, or
- you have just started your business
If you have just started your business, please project the business income and expenditure on the online form by ticking 'Estimated'.
Do not fill in this form if If you are a director of a limited company. Instead, please provide your certified company accounts showing directors remuneration.
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Submit evidence documents online
What this form is for
Do not use this form to provide proof of identification and/or National Insurance Number.
This evidence must be provided as original documentation directly to us:
Stour Valley and Poole Partnership, PO Box 722, Poole, BH15 2YE.
Use this form for all other supporting evidence to support your benefit application.
Files we accept
The type of files accepted as attachments are:
- images (jpeg, gif, png)
- PDF
- TIF
There is a 5MB size limit on all evidence files. If you need to attach a Word Document, save it as a PDF first before attaching to this form.
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If you want an email receipt, you must tell us your email address on the form.
Recover a saved form
To recover a partially completed form, you will be asked to enter the 10 character reference code you were given when you saved the form. If you do not have the character reference code, you will need to start the form again. We only keep partially completed forms for 30 days.
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