Council Tax Premium on Periodically Occupied Properties

Overview

Regulations allow for a 100% Council Tax premium to be charged on periodically occupied properties, (a property that is substantially furnished and is NOT occupied as someone’s sole/main residence) resulting in a total charge of 200%.

A periodically occupied property is more commonly known as:

• A holiday home
• A second home  
• A holiday let – that falls short of the criteria to be rated for Business Rates, i.e. available for let for 140 days and/or physically let for 70 days in a 12-month period.  

On the 9^th March 2016, Members resolved to introduce a Council Tax premium of 50%, effective from 1^st April 2017, for properties that were periodically occupied, resulting in a total charge of 150%.

Why we are consulting

Powys County Council on 24^th September 2020 considered a notice of motion to increase the Council Tax premium for periodically occupied properties to 75%, and the Council is keen to understand:

• The impact periodically occupied properties have within local communities with regards to tourism and the local economy.
• The impact on the availability of affordable housing   
• What impact increasing the premium may have on numbers of periodically occupied properties in the future.

The survey should take no more than 15 minutes to complete.

The results will help the Council to determine future policy in relation to council tax premiums on periodically occupied properties.

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