Rural Second Homes in Europe: Examining Housing Supply and Planning Control

Abstract

Part 1 Central themes of rural second homes: introduction - aims of the book, past literature and themes, concepts and data sources, information on second homes the origins of growth - the origins and social context of growth ownership and demand - introduction, the distribution of demand, second home types, modelling future growth, modelling and prediction economic costs and benefits - the analyzing of costs and benefits, house price inflation, initial acquisition, property speculation, general housing stock improvements, general expenditure, rates or council tax contribution, the overall contribution environmental and social impacts - the range of environmental impacts, new development and conversion, social impacts, competing housing groups, social impacts, social groups and attitudinal research, community unease and socio-linguistic concerns, conclusion. Part 2 Policy and practical responses in Europe and the United Kingdom: European perspectives - introduction, facts through figures, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Spain, Sweden, Norway, other European states housing policy responses in the UK - economic and social developments, housing policy options, providing non-market housing, municipalizing empty properties, managing private properties, community self-build, improvement grant restrictions, the tax system, differential rates or council tax, standard purchase levies and restrictions on mortgage finance, property licensing and the creation of housing sub-markets, planning and development control, new development and occupancy controls, existing housing and change of use controls the British planning policy process - background to the use of occupancy controls, the use of occupancy controls, political developments and the prospect of change of use controls, change of use in current legislation, utilizing land use planning to restrict second homes, planning controls in context local rural change - west Sweden, Savo in Finland, Galicia in northern Spain, the Scottish Highlands, Gwynedd in North Wales, key features conclusions - concepts and information, the origins of growth, ownership and demand, economic costs and benefits, environmental and social impacts, European perspectives, housing policy responses in the UK, the British planning policy process, local rural change.

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