Appeal a housing benefits decision
Key facts
When you receive a decision about housing benefits from us, please check your notification letters carefully.
These show all the details that have been used to calculate your entitlement.
If you want to know more about the decision, or if you think it is wrong, you must contact us within one calendar month of the date of your decision letter.
You can ask us to explain our decision, look at our decision again, and if you still disagree, you can appeal.
If you want us to explain our decision, you must contact us within one calendar month.
Call our team on 01543 308900, email us at benefits@lichfielddc.gov.uk or pop into our Frog Lane reception. We will look at your claim and write to you to explain how the decision was arrived at.