Problem
- Second homes, holiday lets, vacant properties sitting in BDC unused. (BDC say that it’s about 265 houses – only 0.96% of the houses in BDC)
What is BDC’s method for identifying empty properties, and then enforcing it?
Potential Solutions
- Inspect empty homes
- Change Council Tax regulations to increase CT on empty homes
- Use compulsory purchase orders (CPOs) more to recover empty homes.
- Use Empty Dwelling Management Orders to let them out.
