Council Tax Empty & Second Home Premiums
November 22, 2023 Cabinet (Cabinet collective) Approved View on council websiteThis summary is generated by AI from the council’s published record and supporting documents. Check the full council record and source link before relying on it.
Summary
...to recommend to Full Council increasing council tax premiums for dwellings unoccupied and substantially unfurnished for over a year, and introducing a 100% premium for furnished second homes from 2025-2026.
Full council record
Content
RESOLVED
2.1To
recommend to Full Council, that Full Council make the necessary
determinations as billing authority under Section 11B for financial
year 2024-2025 to the effect that where permitted, for dwellings
that have been unoccupied and substantially unfurnished for a
period of at least one year the amount of Council Tax will be
increased by 100% where the period is less than 5 years, by 200%
where the period is at least 5 years but less than 10 years, and by
300% where the period is at least 10 years, and that the discount
under Section 11(2)(a) shall not apply.
.
2.2To
recommend to Full Council, that Full Council make the necessary
determinations under Section 11C as billing authority for financial
year 2025-2026 to the effect that where permitted, for dwellings
where there is no resident of the dwelling and the dwelling is
substantially furnished, the amount of Council Tax will be
increased by 100%, and the discount under Section 11(2)(a) shall
not apply.
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| Outcome | Recommendations Approved |
| Decision date | 22 Nov 2023 |