FI16386

Request

  • The total number of properties registered with Dover District Council as short-term or holiday lets for the financial years of: 
  1. April 2020 – March 2021
  2. April 2021 – March 2022
  3. April 2022 – March 2023
  4. April 2023 – March 2024
  5. April 2024 – March 2025 
  • If possible, and within the time and cost limitations of the Act, please provide a breakdown by ward per years listed above. Please provide the data in a spreadsheet (e.g. CSV or Excel).

Response

Under Section 1(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act, we have established that this information is not held. This is because Dover District Council does not hold a register of short-term or holiday lets.  For the Valuation Office (VOA) to add the business to the Rating List and charge Business Rates the business would need to meet the following criteria: 

  • available to let for 140 days in the past year
  • available to let for 140 days in the coming year
  • It has been let for 70 days in the past year 

If the business does not meet these criteria, then the VOA adds the property to the Valuation list and Council Tax is charged under the classification of Unoccupied and furnished (2nd Home).  As this classification covers all properties and not just holiday lets, we would be unable to identify holiday lets from Council Tax data.