Council tax for second and empty homes, and thresholds for non-domestic rates: consultation analysis

Annex 1

Table A - Organisations responding to the consultation

Campaign group or union (n=5)

• Common Weal
• Generation Rent
• Living Rent
• National Farmers Union Scotland (NFUS)
• Scottish Trades Union Congress

Community or Development Trust (n=6)

• Aberfeldy Development Trust
• Assynt Development Trust
• Mull and Iona Community Trust
• Plockton & District Community Trust
• Shapinsay Development Trust
• The Arran Development Trust

Housing (n=4)

• Chartered Institute of Housing Scotland
• Rural Housing Scotland
• Scottish Federation of Housing Associations
• South of Scotland Community Housing

Local authority (n=28)

• Aberdeen City Council
• Aberdeenshire Council (Finance/Revenues)
• Aberdeenshire Council, Housing Service, Housing and Building Standards,
• ALACHO
• Angus Council
• Argyll and Bute Council
• CIPFA - Directors of Finance
• City of Edinburgh Council
• Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
• CoSLA
• Dumfries and Galloway Council
• East Lothian Council
• Falkirk Council
• Fife Council
• Glasgow City Council
• Inverclyde Council
• Moray Council
• North Ayrshire Council
• North Lanarkshire Council
• Orkney Islands Council
• Perth & Kinross Council
• Renfrewshire Council
• Scottish Borders Council
• Shetland Islands Council
• South Ayrshire Council
• Stirling Council
• The Highland Council
• West Lothian Council

Public body or agency (n=7)

• Bòrd na Gàidhlig
• Community Land Scotland
• Highlands and Islands Enterprise
• Police Scotland
• Poverty and Inequality Commission
• South of Scotland Enterprise
• Visit Scotland

Representative or professional body (n=10)

• Built Environment Forum Scotland (BEFS)
• Federation of Small Businesses
• ICAS
• Institute of Revenues Rating and Valuation (IRRV)
• Propertymark
• Scottish Assessors Association
• Scottish Association of Landlords
• Scottish Empty Homes Partnership
• Scottish Islands Federation
• Scottish Land & Estates

Tourism, including accommodation provider (n=12)

• Booking.com
• Ellister Lodge
• Historic Houses Scotland
• Island Holiday Cottages
• Maxmeta Limited
• Short Stay St Andrews
• Sykes Holiday Cottages
• The Association of Scotland's Self-Caterers (ASSC)
• The Professional Association of Self-Caterers UK
• The Scottish Tourism Alliance (STA)
• UK Short Term Accommodation Association (UK STAA)
• UK Hospitality Scotland

Other (n=1)

• Evangelical Alliance Scotland

Table B - Reactually let for 70 daysspondent category

• Owner of a Second Home – all who selected - 283
• Short-Term Let/Self-Catering accommodation operator – all who selected - 96
• Owner of a Long-term Empty Home – all who selected - 8
• Council or Assessor - 23
• Organisation e.g. third sector or industry body - 45
• Member of the Public - 597
• Other - 54
• None of the above - 12
• Owner of a Second Home only - 256
• Short-Term Let/Self-Catering accommodation operator only - 68
• Owner of a Long-term Empty Home only - 5
• Owner of a Second Home & Short-Term Let/Self-Catering accommodation operator - 27
• Owner of a Second Home & a Long-term Empty Home - 2
• Owner of a Short-Term Let/Self-Catering accommodation & Long-term Empty Home - 0
• Owner of all three types of property - 1

Please note that this table sets out frequencies and any single respondent can appear in more than one category

Table C - Connection to Council areas

• Aberdeen City - 24
• Aberdeenshire Council - 26
• All of Scotland - 66
• Angus Council - 19
• Argyll and Bute Council - 107
• City of Edinburgh Council - 182
• Clackmannanshire Council - 3
• Dumfries and Galloway - 22
• Dundee City Council - 19
• East Ayrshire Council - 2
• East Dunbartonshire Council - 18
• East Lothian Council - 24
• East Renfrewshire Council - 26
• Falkirk Council - 14
• East Renfrewshire Council - 85
• Glasgow City Council - 140
• Highland Council - 135
• Inverclyde Council - 6
• Midlothian Council - 18
• Moray Council - 20
• Na h-Eileanan Siar Council - 19
• North Ayrshire Council - 43
• North Lanarkshire Council - 16
• Orkney Council - 15
• Perth and Kinross Council - 37
• Renfrewshire Council - 8
• Scottish Borders Council - 14
• Shetland Council - 7
• South Ayrshire Council - 18
• South Lanarkshire Council - 22
• Stirling Council - 16
• West Dunbartonshire Council - 6
• West Lothian Council - 13

Please note that this table sets out frequencies and any single respondent can appear in more than one category.