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Cabinet. The Cabinet makes most of the council's decisions.
Review of Council Tax Premiums for Second Homes and Long Term Empty Properties
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Council. Full Council sets the budget and council tax and approves major plans.
Review of Council Tax Premiums for Second Homes and Long Term Empty Properties
RESOLVED (a) That the results of the consultation exercise be noted. (b) That the following level of future Second Homes Properties Council Tax premiums, applicable from 1 April 2024, be approved: (i) An increase in the Second Homes Council Tax premium from 100% to 200%. (c) That the Long Term Empty Property Premium tax of 100% be levied after 24 months (commencement of year 3), 200% be levied after 36 months (commencement of year 4) and 300% be levied after 48 months (commencement of year 5).
Policy and Pre-decision Overview and Scrutiny Committee. Scrutiny committees question decisions and can recommend changes. They don't make the decision.
Second Home Council Tax Review
RESOLVED That Cabinet be recommended to ringfence the interest obtained from second home council tax premiums for housing developments. In terms of LTEP tax exemptions, Councillor Dennison queried what classified as an unfurnished property and how this was applied if the homeowner was in a care home. He also queried how long it would be before this resident would not need to pay Council tax. He concluded that 60% of respondents said they would not meet the 182-day occupancy threshold. In response, the Revenues & Benefits Manager clarified that there was no definition of unfurnished and this…
Cabinet. The Cabinet makes most of the council's decisions.
Council Tax premiums and discretionary discount policy review
Cabinet approved keeping the second homes premium at 200%, and the long-term empty homes premium unchanged. It agreed not to offer a discount to retained firefighters. For self-catering units, it agreed to follow the 182-day letting rule set by Welsh Government, and to recommend that Full Council writes to Welsh Government asking it to lower that threshold.
Council. Full Council sets the budget and council tax and approves major plans.
Review of Council Tax Premiums for Second Homes and Long-Term Empty Properties
RESOLVED That the level of Second Homes Council Tax premium be decreased from 200% to 150%. (b) Long-Term Empty Properties Council Tax premium Councillor Joshua Beynon Moved that the level of Long-Term Empty Properties Council Tax premium remain as current; Seconded by Councillor Rhys Sinnett. In response to a question raised by Councillor Mark Carter, the Director of Resources stated that in 2024-25 all money generated from the Long-Term Empty Properties Council Tax premium was used in the General Fund to fund elements of the Council’s budget relating to affordable housing or enhancing th…
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