second homes
21 Jul 2025
West Devon Invests Second Home Tax In New Housing
West Devon Borough Council has committed to investing £80,400 from second home council tax income to support the purchase of two new homes under the Government’s Local Authority Housing Fund...
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09 Jun 2025
New Bill Aims to Strengthen Controls on Second Homes and Short-Term Lets
A new Private Members’ Bill has been introduced to Parliament that seeks to tighten planning rules for short-term holiday lets and second homes. The proposal would require property owners to...
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24 Feb 2025
Local Council Measures Lead to Significant Drop in House Prices in Coastal Community
A recent BBC report detailing the dramatic fall in house prices in Gwynedd following local council interventions offers a critical insight into the real-world impacts of regulatory changes on housing...
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29 Apr 2024
Empowering Rural Councils to Address Housing Crisis and Protect Communities
The housing crisis in rural England has sparked debate over the impact of second homes and holiday lets on local communities. A recent BBC report sheds light on the growing...
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21 Nov 2022
North Yorkshire to tackle rise in second homes with council tax premium
As reported in the Guardian Seaside towns of Scarborough and Whitby will be among first in England to double council tax under changes enabled through the levelling up bill currently going...
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07 Nov 2022
North Yorkshire rural communities hit by Ukraine war and cost of living, leader warns
The Yorkshire Post reports that the war in Ukraine and the cost-of-living crisis have compounded issues brought to light in last year’s landmark Rural Commission report Now, 12 months on,...
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31 Oct 2022
Hardship and heartbreak as Devon families lose homes to Airbnb lets
The Guardian reports from key workers to bar staff, parts of county increasingly off limits as landlords and investors cash in Some of those who have been evicted are living in...
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31 Oct 2022
Rishi Sunak: Extra council tax on second homes and help to level up Cornwall
Cornwall Live reports that Rishi Sunak has said that he wants to “press ahead” with giving local councils more powers to charge second homeowners more council tax to create a...
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24 Oct 2022
How Airbnb-next-the-Sea is taking over the Norfolk coast
The Eastern Daily Press reports how new figures reveal the rapid expansion of ‘Airbnb-next-the-Sea’, as growing numbers of landlords on the Norfolk coast turn to the online portal to rent out their properties Campaigners...
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30 Aug 2022
The second home wars: ‘We are seeing the slow death of rural and coastal villages’
inews have published details regarding the effects of increasing second home ownership upon the rural communities where these homes are bought There’s nothing like a sunny summer holiday to stoke...
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