Short-term holiday let licensing with caps
Tabled 21 January 2026 by Markus Campbell-Savours
That this House notes the accelerating spread of short-term holiday lets in many communities, and the mounting pressure this places on local housing supply; further notes that a registration scheme, while useful for data collection, offers no mechanism to prevent further loss of homes in areas already saturated; observes that communities facing hundreds or thousands of existing holiday lets do not need a list, they need limits; believes that relying solely on planning-use-class changes risks granting long-term consent to properties already converted, removing any ability to adjust numbers as local conditions change; further believes that a statutory licensing scheme, backed by enforceable local caps and annual fees, would give councils the practical tools and sustainable funding required to protect housing stock and maintain balanced communities; and calls on the Government to ensure that forthcoming reforms provide real powers, not just information, so that local people are not priced out of the places they live and work.