tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post91369223934932420..comments2024-01-09T13:27:08.545+00:00Comments on swanageview: HousingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-62784886259335230162010-04-15T02:00:19.432+01:002010-04-15T02:00:19.432+01:00How do you prove a house is unoccupied? Set up a s...How do you prove a house is unoccupied? Set up a secret bedroom police perhaps?<br /><br /><br />Mmm..look through the window, if all the furniture is covered in white sheets, this is usually the first clue. Second clue is that most of their letter boxes are in their garages, so passers by cannot see all the unopened post piling up on the doormat. <br /><br />A suggestion that all second home Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-55013967258941907212010-04-08T10:33:02.084+01:002010-04-08T10:33:02.084+01:00"PDC could charge the full amount and then as..."PDC could charge the full amount and then ask the resident to appeal. "<br /><br />?? Sounds like a one way ticket to the local government ombudsman to me. <br /><br />What are you suggesting - charge full council tax to people who are claiming the 10% discount for second homes and therefore pretend they are not second homes at all or charge all the households with only one occupant Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-33871244568475692092010-04-07T18:08:53.032+01:002010-04-07T18:08:53.032+01:00Is a list of second homes available? Would be good...Is a list of second homes available? Would be good to see just how much of a problem it is. Apparently Worth is up to 75 per cent second homes and Langton is 25.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-82450565841608236172010-04-07T16:26:02.011+01:002010-04-07T16:26:02.011+01:00What a great idea!
The Credit Crunch is solved!
...What a great idea!<br /><br />The Credit Crunch is solved!<br /><br />The next Gov't could just assume that we all earn over £150,000 and tax us all at 50%. It'd be up to us to prove that we don't earn (quite) that much!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-10720231593871788502010-04-06T22:58:59.827+01:002010-04-06T22:58:59.827+01:00It's actually only a 25% reduction for single ...It's actually only a 25% reduction for single occupancy, but still might be worth chasing. PDC could charge the full amount and then ask the resident to appeal. <br /><br />From PDC website: <br /><br />You may appeal to the council if you think the amount shown on your bill is incorrect.<br /> Any appeal should be made in writing. The council will consider your case and if you have not been Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-11168145149856622010-04-06T22:19:47.932+01:002010-04-06T22:19:47.932+01:00"Locals could then grass up those that are cl..."Locals could then grass up those that are claiming 50 per cent single occupancy instead." <br /><br /><br />Whilst the idea of a curtain twitchers charter is quite funny in a Carry On film sort of way what would happen next? Does the council then send someone with a clipboard round to knock on the door at midnight every night until they have found nobody at home for 183 days out of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-27867101996024841312010-04-06T21:56:15.443+01:002010-04-06T21:56:15.443+01:00I wouldn't get a member of Tesco staff tapping...I wouldn't get a member of Tesco staff tapping me on the shoulder as I'd be shopping locally anyway. Some people do have better natures that you can appeal to. Honest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-13372378521753269742010-04-06T17:31:35.616+01:002010-04-06T17:31:35.616+01:00While that last post is 'nice', it rather ...While that last post is 'nice', it rather makes me think of going to Tescos, picking up some produce, and having a member of staff tap me on the shoulder and say - look you shouldn't buy that, it was grown in a foreign country and if you buy the locally produced organic product, you'll help to save the world. Don't worry about the fact that it's twice as expensive!<br /><Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-68902818745941209412010-04-06T12:10:19.294+01:002010-04-06T12:10:19.294+01:00The poster above said 'How do you intend going...The poster above said 'How do you intend going about persuading people not to buy second homes because they don't really "need" them?' <br /><br />Well you could just try asking them not to. Even by raising the topic you could make someone think about the effects their purchase may have. It probably won't work most of the time but it's better than doing nothing.<br /Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-11683190569630458812010-04-06T10:25:13.980+01:002010-04-06T10:25:13.980+01:00I am puzzled by the last comment. Houses are built...I am puzzled by the last comment. Houses are built because the builder thinks there is a market for them. That is the "point" of building them. There is no rational allocation system. <br /><br />If new houses in Swanage are so expensive that residents cannot afford them and in consequence they become second homes then the said residents have suffered no detriment. If the houses were Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-45000707570284035902010-04-05T20:31:48.358+01:002010-04-05T20:31:48.358+01:00No idea what the answer is.
If there is no contr...No idea what the answer is.<br /><br /> If there is no control over second home ownership, then what is the point of building any houses at all if they end up being bought up and not lived in, this crazy situation is not going to improve.<br /><br />Pointless debate or not, its reality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-77618221313114898662010-04-02T10:00:57.374+01:002010-04-02T10:00:57.374+01:00So, as we descend into yet another pointless debat...So, as we descend into yet another pointless debate about 2nd home owners, what about all the homes that are being thought about?<br /><br />Doesn't anyone have any thoughts on those?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-16565343140814425022010-04-01T10:06:57.935+01:002010-04-01T10:06:57.935+01:00"We do not need more second homes!!!!"
..."We do not need more second homes!!!!"<br /><br />People want lots of things they do not "need". We don't need a fashion industry, an entertainment/sports industry, a cosmetics industry, religion etc. etc. but we have them. How do you intend going about persuading people not to buy second homes because they don't really "need" them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-52088427666739288322010-04-01T01:07:56.171+01:002010-04-01T01:07:56.171+01:00Please can we not descend into postings of "i...Please can we not descend into postings of "it would be nice if..." Whether new dwellings become second homes is irrelevant. If they are not others will be. It would make more sense to recognise reality and build as much as possible for the second home market to take the pressure off other property. <br /><br />We do not need more second homes!!!! <br /><br />What is reality ? Reality Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-3679110900853619732010-03-30T17:30:57.044+01:002010-03-30T17:30:57.044+01:00There's a kernal of sense in what you say, but...There's a kernal of sense in what you say, but you're also acting like the banks - there's a need - meet it.<br /><br />I think we can see where that has led!<br /><br />I agree, we need more second homes, but we need homes for locals more. The current legislation - Section 106, is weak, but is our 'best chance'.<br /><br />Just for the sake of argument let's say 50% Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-3206835201189363292010-03-30T10:59:27.015+01:002010-03-30T10:59:27.015+01:00Please can we not descend into postings of "i...Please can we not descend into postings of "it would be nice if..." Whether new dwellings become second homes is irrelevant. If they are not others will be. It would make more sense to recognise reality and build as much as possible for the second home market to take the pressure off other property. <br /><br />Does anyone seriously entertain the notion what with governments of both Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-38966952199182544802010-03-30T10:03:58.700+01:002010-03-30T10:03:58.700+01:00Now that MPs are going to be banned from having se...Now that MPs are going to be banned from having second homes paid for by the taxpayer, perhaps Parliament will suddenly be much keener on doing something about it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-80596308180821664412010-03-29T23:21:37.650+01:002010-03-29T23:21:37.650+01:00Does anyone know what happened to the Purbeck Hous...Does anyone know what happened to the Purbeck Housing Action group? They previously made some good progress in highlighting this vital issue but seem to have disappeared in recent months....<br /><br />We are still here and writing to the council ! We will all be a 'tad miffed' if any of these new houses end up as second homes. Its not necessary to have a second home, stay in a hotel, B&Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-14716922437295322922010-03-29T16:19:21.218+01:002010-03-29T16:19:21.218+01:00That's 400 a year, and as this all began in, u...That's 400 a year, and as this all began in, um, '08, I think, then of course their allowed to include those that have planning permission. That's their job, not building them!<br /><br />Then they HAVE to say where else it may be possible to build. They CAN'T build within 400m of heathland and within, possibly 400, of a cliff. Purbeck simply doesn't have the brownfield Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-32280860085778944932010-03-29T11:12:49.562+01:002010-03-29T11:12:49.562+01:00It would make far more sense to do something about...It would make far more sense to do something about the blight of second homes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-32208828827936665912010-03-29T10:47:02.977+01:002010-03-29T10:47:02.977+01:00Thank you for the new link. I have read what PDC h...Thank you for the new link. I have read what PDC have to say but I think it is deeply flawed in several respects.<br /><br />PDC claims there is a housing requirement for a little over 400 dwellings. Thats a bit lie being able to set your own exam question. As we saw in a recent publication in terms of the ration of building to affordable housing need they are one of the worst in the country. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-48961154621368188662010-03-29T07:37:30.922+01:002010-03-29T07:37:30.922+01:00http://www.purbeck.gov.uk/housing/strategic_housin...http://www.purbeck.gov.uk/housing/strategic_housing_land.aspx<br /><br />JIC<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/cacshf<br /><br />Sorry about that, try the ones above.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-68743806013792209412010-03-28T23:51:52.693+01:002010-03-28T23:51:52.693+01:00I could not find any reference to particular locat...I could not find any reference to particular locations for housing in Swanage in the documents linked from the posted link to PDC's consultation responses. What did come over is that Swanage wants development to be at Upton and Upton would rather it was at Swanage! Now theres a surprise. Not much support outside Swanage for having a large supermarket here as you might expect..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-4582230600308785362010-03-28T22:01:06.633+01:002010-03-28T22:01:06.633+01:00Does anyone know what happened to the Purbeck Hous...Does anyone know what happened to the Purbeck Housing Action group? They previously made some good progress in highlighting this vital issue but seem to have disappeared in recent months....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676281.post-7182229082908762312010-03-28T11:50:12.437+01:002010-03-28T11:50:12.437+01:00Terrible state of affairs, but when it is offered ...Terrible state of affairs, but when it is offered on a plate to them, having children for the financial gains thereof and a free home it is a massive incentive, putting the cart before the horse.<br /><br />I agree, but as I have said before you look after the locals first, a few years ago, due to a certain family exploting the rules they moved from another area to here, domestic abuse etc etc. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com