Holiday Home support

alanhedgehog

DavidJohnElliott said:

We have owned a holiday home in Cornwall for more than 20 years. It has always been rented out for more than 20 weeks a year and we submit a tax return every year.
Unfortunately we paid Council Tax rather than Business Rates which has cost us a lot extra over the years.
Owners who paid Rates now get a Corvid-19 grant of £10000.00 but because we paid Council Tax we are apparently due nothing.
This seems grossly unfair.
Is there anything we can do about this?

We have written to the local MP to see if he can help - there is now a discretionary fund, which B&B's and self catering properties may be able to access.  Must say I didn't realise that people should be so anti self catering establishments.  We along with hotels, B&B's are part of the hospitality trade bringing much needed employment etc to counties like Cornwall. for example.

Thrugelmir

alanhedgehog said:

DavidJohnElliott said:

We have owned a holiday home in Cornwall for more than 20 years. It has always been rented out for more than 20 weeks a year and we submit a tax return every year.
Unfortunately we paid Council Tax rather than Business Rates which has cost us a lot extra over the years.
Owners who paid Rates now get a Corvid-19 grant of £10000.00 but because we paid Council Tax we are apparently due nothing.
This seems grossly unfair.
Is there anything we can do about this?

We have written to the local MP to see if he can help - there is now a discretionary fund, which B&B's and self catering properties may be able to access.  Must say I didn't realise that people should be so anti self catering establishments.  We along with hotels, B&B's are part of the hospitality trade bringing much needed employment etc to counties like Cornwall. for example.

The damage caused by holiday homes is visible for all to see. Ghost villages out of season. With insufficient trade to support ordinary businessess. 

lincroft1710

Thrugelmir said:

alanhedgehog said:

DavidJohnElliott said:

We have owned a holiday home in Cornwall for more than 20 years. It has always been rented out for more than 20 weeks a year and we submit a tax return every year.
Unfortunately we paid Council Tax rather than Business Rates which has cost us a lot extra over the years.
Owners who paid Rates now get a Corvid-19 grant of £10000.00 but because we paid Council Tax we are apparently due nothing.
This seems grossly unfair.
Is there anything we can do about this?

We have written to the local MP to see if he can help - there is now a discretionary fund, which B&B's and self catering properties may be able to access.  Must say I didn't realise that people should be so anti self catering establishments.  We along with hotels, B&B's are part of the hospitality trade bringing much needed employment etc to counties like Cornwall. for example.

The damage caused by holiday homes is visible for all to see. Ghost villages out of season. With insufficient trade to support ordinary businessess. 

And also reducing the available housing stock if a normal residential property rather than a holiday chalet or caravan