PLEASE SUPPORT THIS PETITION TO CORNWALL COUNCIL AND ALL CORNWALLS MPs

A legal loophole still allows holiday let owners to avoid paying council tax or business rates.

In Cornwall alone, this tax dodge is costing the government around £25 million a year.

In Cornwall, in recent years, thousands of first homes have become Holiday Lets/Air BnB.

WE THE UNDERSIGNED WANT THE GOVERNMENT TO:

• SCRAP TAX BREAKS FOR HOLIDAY LET OWNERS AND GIVE CORNWALL COUNCIL THAT MONEY TO PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED SOCIAL HOUSING.
• ALLOW  CORNWALL COUNCIL TO USE PLANNING RULES TO STOP FIRST HOMES BEING CONVERTED INTO SECOND HOMES AND HOLIDAY LETS, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WITH A HOUSING SHORTAGE.
• MAKE HOLIDAY LETS LIABLE FOR COUNCIL TAX IN THE SAME WAY AS SECOND HOMES 

WE CALL ON CORNWALL COUNCIL AND CORNWALL’S  MPS TO DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO PERSUADE THE GOVERNMENT TO BRING IN THESE POLICIES.