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You may have caught me over the weekend on the Sunday Politics show with Martyn Oates discussing the proposal of holiday lets and second homes requiring planning permission.

I have covered this in this week’s article, explaining while I see some logic, now is just not the time to legislate until we have reliable data from the anticipated Statutory Registration scheme. While it is not the register we wanted with compliance certificate upload, it will still give us, for the first time, a better overview of holiday let numbers, any cluster areas, and we can analyse this before any policies are implemented. It is far too simplistic to put blame on holiday homes and second properties for the housing crisis. It is so much bigger than that.

We want to get towards year round, sustainable tourism, that works with local communities - and policy makers collaborating with the tourism sector so we don’t lose jobs and cause further damage to our very delicate eco-system.

Remember - ‘If we have data, let’s look at data. If all we have is opinions, let’s go with mine’ (Jim Barksdale)