Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 72633

Holiday Accommodation

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 15 September 2025

Question

Mr Angus MacDonald

Liberal Democrat — Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of short term holiday lets on accessibility to local housing stock.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook

The government recognise that excessive concentrations of short-term lets and second homes impact on the availability and affordability of homes for local residents to buy and rent, as well as local services.Local authorities are now able to apply a premi...

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