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Action On Second Homes in Whitby Needed Says Councillor

Second homes and short term lets remain a problem in Whitby, that's the view of local councillor Neil Swannick.

He wants a change in law so it needs a planning application to change a house from a residential property to a short term let.

Councillor Swannick also wanted all short term lets to be registered with the local authority- but the last government didn't enact that law:

Mr Swannick's keen to press the current government to bring in the same plans as those mentioned by the former Housing Minister in February:

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