Major council IT system maintenance: we are currently carrying out planned essential maintenance work on the council’s IT systems. During this time, many of our online services are unavailable. Where relevant, planning consultations will be extended by 14 days. We will update this banner message as the work progresses. − During this time you can still contact us for other enquiries via our enquiry form or by phone. We apologise for any inconvenience. Find out more information on this work.

Apply for Housing Benefit

To find out which benefits you are entitled to please first use our online benefits calculator

Once you have done this please

Click here to apply for Housing Benefit

We can only normally award benefit from the Monday after we receive your claim, so don’t delay – send off your application today!

In some cases, we can backdate your benefit – for further details please see our information about backdating benefit.

Contact us - Benefits

0345 302 2313
(Text phone users add 18001 before dialing)

sodc.benefits@secure.capita.co.uk

South Oxfordshire District Council
PO Box 870
Erith
DA8 1UN