Second-home owners in the Devon resort who refuse to pay up will also be banned from taking their waste and recycling to the rubbish tip under new rules outlined by South Hams Council.
Those who refuse will be banned from taking waste and recycling to rubbish tipHoliday home-owners in Britain's most expensive seaside property location have been banned from using litter bins and bottle banks - unless they pay a £350-a-year 'bin tax' or hire private rubbish collectors.
Last night, furious second-home owners in the town - where the average house price is £1.2million - said the bin tax was the latest wheeze by town hall officials to squeeze more money from them. It comes after holiday home-owners in the pretty Devon town were told their council tax would be doubling to an average of £4,200 a year after the council applied a 'second-homes premium' to their properties.
'I've owned a place in Salcombe for 20 years and this is the first I've heard of it. They just want to wring more money out of people already facing big increases in council tax or business rates.' 'Local people are already doing the job for them by dobbing-in owners of second-home holiday lets who don't follow the rules.
Residential bins with padlocks on them, Salcombe photographed on October 12, 2023 as the South Hams Council tried to clamp down on the use of residential and street bins in the area
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