Housing Secretary Michael Gove said too many people were being 'pushed out of cherished towns, cities and villages'. Read more:
The government says the measures are focused on short-term lets and would not affect hotels, hostels or B&Bs.on plans to introduce a registration scheme for short-term lets.
The new rules would allow councils to see how much local housing stock is taken up by temporary lets. However, local authorities may choose not to use planning controls. Local business owner Lucia Bly told BBC News it is very hard for businesses like hers to keep afloat outside of the summer season, when an average 25,000 people flock to the town.Lucia, who co-owns Salcombe Dairy with her husband Dan, says you have to be creative to make a business work in the town
Conservative MPs Selaine Saxby, who represents North Devon, and George Eustice, who represents Camborne and Redruth in Cornwall, are among those who have called for stronger regulation of short-term lets.
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