Issue - meetings

Report by Executive Director – Customer Services

The Committee considered a report proposing amendments to the Policy for the imposition of a double council tax charge on a long term empty property to provide a new owner with a minimum of a 12 month period before the double charge is imposed, where it is undergoing major repairs or structural alteration.

Decision

The Committee approved the amendment to the policy for charging double council tax on long term empty properties so that where major repairs are underway which require planning permission and/or building warrant and the property has recently been purchased by a new owner, the double charge is only applied after a 12 month period.

(Reference:  Report by Executive Director – Customer Services dated 15 June 2015, submitted)