Cornwall Council keen to help bring empty properties back into use

Cornwall Council is working to bring empty properties back into residential use, to help meet housing requirements and raise housing standards. The Council offers a range of assistance for owners of empty properties, whether empty existing properties or empty non-residential properties to be converted into new homes, including:

• Low cost loans
• Access to leasing schemes
• VAT reduction/refund evidence
• Free Pre-application planning advice
• Other advice about bringing empty properties back into habitable use.

For further information, please see Empty properties

January 2016