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Government announces short-term let controls in England
Reading Time: 6 minutesUK: The UK Government has announced reforms to planning laws that will empower councils in England to make short-term lets in their area subject to a planning process, thus preventing a “hollowing out” of communities.
APPG calls for “national and mandatory” registration scheme
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: A new report into short-term lets and the visitor economy by the All-Party Parliamentary Group [APPG] for Hospitality and Tourism has called for a “national and mandatory” registration scheme in England.
HMRC targets short-term rental hosts in tightened tax crackdown
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Airbnb hosts suspected of not declaring their rental earnings are facing a potential 20-year tax investigation from His Majesty’s Revenue & Customs [HMRC] that covers six years of income information, as part of a wider crackdown on the sector’s activities by the UK tac authority.
Holiday let owners in England face planning permission controls
Reading Time: 4 minutesUK: Holiday home owners in England are facing up to a potential requirement to obtain planning permission to rent out their properties under new UK Government proposals.
UK PM Sunak pledges commitment to short-term let registration scheme
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged his commitment in Parliament to introducing a short-term let registration scheme in England in the near future.
Irish Government approves short-term rental registration scheme
Reading Time: 4 minutesIreland: The Irish Government has approved the priority drafting of a registration scheme as part of the Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill and the publication of the General Scheme of the Bill.
Gove considers holiday home curbs in concessions to Tory MPs
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: The UK Government has moved a step closer to requiring homeowners to apply for planning consent if they want to rent out residential properties as holiday lets, as it prepares to open a consultation period in parliament.