Decision details
Council Tax (Empty Homes Premium)
Decision Maker: Cabinet, Council
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
Report recommends the adoption of a 200%
premium for Council Tax for homes that have been empty for 5 years
or more.
Decision:
RESOLVED:
That Cabinet recommends to Council that the full premium of 200% be applied to homes that have been empty for 5 years or more as allowed by the Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Act 2018 from the 1st April 2020.
Report author: Peter McCann
Publication date: 04/11/2019
Date of decision: 04/11/2019
Decided at meeting: 04/11/2019 - Cabinet
Effective from: 12/11/2019
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