But Tim Farron, the MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale in Cumbria, says some second home owners visit “just a couple of times a year”. <\/p>\n
“They’re definitely not sending their children to local schools either,” he adds. <\/p>\n
The Liberal Democrat’s constituency includes part of the Lake District National Park where one in four properties is a holiday home.<\/p>\n
Farron wants to go even further than applying restrictions to new-builds and is advocating a change in planning law.<\/p>\n
“If I wanted to change my house into a fish and chip shop, I’d have to apply for planning permission,” he says. <\/p>\n
“But if I want to turn it into a second home or a holiday let, I can just do that. But it has a material impact on the community I live in.”<\/p>\n
He wants separate categories of planning use for holiday lets and second homes, which would allow local authorities to limit their numbers.<\/p>\n
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