Agenda item

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Performance and Resources concerning the introduction of a Council Tax Empty Homes Premium to be applied to all homes meeting the proposed criteria.

53.1      Council considered a report of the Cabinet Member for Performance and Resources concerning the introduction of a Council Tax Empty Homes Premium.

53.2      RESOLVED –

(1)      That a Council Tax Empty Homes Premium of 50% is implemented from 01 April 2019 in respect of properties that have been unoccupied and substantially unfurnished for more than two years, increasing to 100% from April 2020.

(2)      That the Empty Homes Premium be implemented from 01 April 2020 at 200% on properties which have been empty for more than five years and from 01 April 2021 at 300% on properties which have been empty for more than ten years.