An online benefits calculator can be found at entitledto.co.uk* NB: this website is for guidance purposes only. Please contact our Revenue and Benefits office for advice on your claim.

To claim Housing or Council Tax Benefit, you must complete an application form. These are available from:
Revenue & Benefits reception,
Ground Floor, Wellington House,
22-32 Wellington Street
(a map can be downloaded below)

Application forms are also available from Customer Service Centres, B Block New Walk Centre and:

• any of the neighbourhood housing offices
• King Street,
• New Parks
• Saffron Lane.

 

Alternatively, you can download a Portable Document Format (PDF) version of the application form below.

*Leicester City Council is not responsible for the content and services on external websites.

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Last month (November) we took on average 36 days to process a new claim  Our aim is to process your new application within 30 days.

You can  download an application form . Please see the link below.

 

If you come to our Wellington Street reception point, we guarantee to make a decision on your claim within 24 hours of you handing in the application form providing all the information we need is supplied. We will try to see you as quickly as possible.

 

If you haven't got all the required information, we can set an appointment for you to return with the necessary material.

Applications submitted by post or handed in personally take longer to process.

 

If you are housebound or elderly, we have a welfare visiting service to help you complete the form at home and verify  your supporting information. To request this service, call our Benefit Hotline on 0116 252 7006.