| Comment | > Yea so I directly emailed the planning office and they came back to me telling me my circumstances (having guests use my flat as an airbnb) would mean that the amenities would be impacted for the other residents which would mean I would need a change of use application.
Oh, kudos for actually asking them! So they said that official change of use is required regardless of how often and for how long the flat would be used by guests?
> It would be fairer to target those with large portfolios.
Absolutely. Especially that an owner-occupier, very occasionally renting their own flat out while away is not really likely to want to risk loosing their flat through breaking of rules of their mortgatge, while people with large airbnb empires might be ok with chancing it and just absorbing the fines. |
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