56 Council Tax Premium for Properties empty for more than two years PDF 234 KB
[Report of the Director for Finance. To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for Finance.]
The report will seek agreement from Cabinet to recommend that Full Council agrees to increase the Council Tax Premium on properties empty for more than two years.
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Minutes:
[ Councillor Blake arrived at the meeting 7.10pm]
The Cabinet Member for Finance introduced this report which requested Cabinet to recommend to Full Council to increase the Council Tax premium charged on long-term empty dwellings from 50% to 100% from 1 April 2019.
The Cabinet Member highlighted the administration’s manifesto commitment to redistributing the burden of Council Tax. The proposal to increase Council Tax premium would create additional income for the Council. The Labour administration believed it was correct time to increase the premium payable on long-term empty dwellings.
Following questions from Cllr Tucker and Cllr Barnes, the following was noted:
Agreed that the appropriate officer would write to Cllr Barnes to confirm the number of Empty Dwelling Managing Orders the Council had issued.
RESOLVED
To recommend to Full Council to increase the premium charged on long-term empty dwellings from 50% to 100% from 1 April 2019.
Reasons for Decision
Since 2013, councils have been given the discretionary power to charge a premium on dwellings deemed to be ‘long-term empty’, i.e. properties which have been unoccupied and substantially unfurnished for at least two years. At present, the amount of Council Tax payable for such ... view the full minutes text for item 56