New Homes Bonus is triggered strictly by dwellings as defined for Council Tax purposes and as returned to the government every Autumn in the Council Tax Base (CTB) return.(The list of dwellings is actually maintained by the Listing Officer who will work for the local Valuation Office agency rather than local government). A student bedroom is not going to be a dwelling appearing on the Council Tax list, whereas the cluster flat it may be a part of presumably will. Bottom line: if it's a dwelling in your council tax list then it will trigger the NHB: not otherwise.
