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Council Tax Empty Properties and Second Homes Report

 

 

Meeting: 27/11/2019 - Council (Item 68)

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Report of the Director of Customer and Digital attached.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Council considered a report of the Director of Customer and Digital that sought approval to remove the Council Tax Second Home discount and increase the Council Tax Long Term Empty Premium charge with effect from 1 April 2020.

 

The report also sought approval for a new Council Tax Local Empty Discounts and Exemptions Policy appended to the report.

 

It was proposed by Councillor Aniela Bylinski Gelder, seconded by Councillor Paul Foster and subsequently

 

RESOLVED (Unanimously):

 

1.    That Council approves the proposed policy changes for the removal of the current 10% discount applied for Council Tax Second Homes.

2.    That Council approves the proposed policy changes to increase the Council Tax Long Term Empty Premium charge from 1 April 2020 as shown below:

 

Effective Date

Empty Period

Existing Premium

Proposed Premium

1 April 2020

2-5 years

5+ years

50%

50%

100%

200%

1 April 2021

2-5 years

5-10 years

10+ years

50%

50%

50%

100%

200%

300%

 

3.    That Council approves a new Council Tax Local Empty Discounts and Exemptions Policy to reflect the above changes.