Brighton will become the first UK city to take action against second home owners and holiday rentals

Brighton will become the first UK city to take action against second home owners and holiday rentals after a surge of pandemic buyers pushed average property prices above £500,000 Brighton is expected to be the first UK town to take action against second homes A report has found more than 3,000 properties are being used as short-term holiday rentals This comes after a historic vote in Whitby last week where residents said yes to ban on townspeople buying new build popping up in the area In St Ives, projects only get the green light if they are booked for full Part-time residents' plans could prompt Whitstable and Tideswell to put in place implements similar bans

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Published: 11:02 BST, Jun 22, 2022 | Update: 11.18am BST, 22nd June 2022

Brighton will become the first city in the UK to take action against second home owners and vacation rentals after a surge of buyers during the coronavirus pandemic pushed house prices over £500,000.

Councillors have voted to ask officials to draw up proposals that will ban the construction of new second homes and vacation rentals in certain areas of the East Sussex.

This comes after a report from Brighton and Hove City Council revealed that more than 3,000 properties in the city could be used as holiday rentals short term.

The proposals are similar to those already in place in Whitby, where townspeople are banned from buying new construction, sparking a quiet revolution among the seaside towns of Lyme Regis, Salcombe and Falmouth in Tideswell and even St Ives.< /p>

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