{"id":725985,"date":"2026-08-03T12:43:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T12:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/725985\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T12:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T12:43:11","slug":"north-yorkshire-second-homeowners-want-halt-to-double-tax-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/725985\/","title":{"rendered":"North Yorkshire second homeowners want halt to double tax policy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Owners of second homes in North Yorkshire, who currently pay double council tax on their additional property, have called for the policy to be suspended. <\/p>\n

The 100% premium was introduced in April<\/a> last year by North Yorkshire Council, following concerns about a lack of housing for local people.<\/p>\n

According to the authority, the scheme could raise \u00a312m a year, all of which would be ring-fenced for housing projects.<\/p>\n

Members of Second Homeowners Opposed to Unfair Taxation (SHOUT) delivered a petition signed by 1,000 people to the council on Friday, calling for a halt to the policy until a full assessment and consultation is carried out.<\/p>\n

The Local Democracy Reporting Service<\/a> said SHOUT, which was founded in Filey, now has 150 members from across the county. <\/p>\n

The group claims the council failed to consult second homeowners and other affected groups before introducing the policy.<\/p>\n

Chris Hall, who organised the petition, said: “Its effects have been disastrous – without any tangible benefits to local housing needs – this being evident from the drop in second-home prices, with a knock-on effect on all property prices.”<\/p>\n

SHOUT also argued the additional council tax had reduced spending in local communities, with owners of caf\u00e9s, bars, restaurants and shops among those signing the petition after experiencing a decline in trade.<\/p>\n

The petition calls on North Yorkshire Council to refund the additional council tax paid by second homeowners during the 2025\/26 and 2026\/27 financial years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Owners of second homes in North Yorkshire, who currently pay double council tax on their additional property, have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":725986,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-725985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=725985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/725986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=725985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=725985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=725985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}