Southwold’s second-home homeowners who claim their homes are vacation lets and are avoiding council tax will be subject to weekly bin collection restrictions. They also won’t be eligible for parking permits.
Voting by councillors, they decided to end services to part-time residents.
The loophole permits wealthy Suffolk residents to claim second homes as holiday lets and avoid any tax.
But now East Suffolk Council has decided to get tough and said not only will they lose weekly bin collections but they won’t be able to buy a residents’ parking permit either.

Southwold second-home owners who pretend their property is a holiday let will lose weekly collection and they won’t get parking permits. (stock image).
Spot checks may be required for food safety and fire inspections.
Councillor David Beavan, who has led the campaign against the ‘rates cheats’ said: ‘This is not about us and them, it’s about decency and fairness.
‘It’s tough enough for local people as it is to live or buy a home here. The smallest end-of-terrace cottage now sells for £500,000.
The ‘Second Home Owners’ register their holiday-letting business, but they do not attempt to lease the property.
It means that fraudsters have two homes and real locals are subsidizing them.
It comes just months after it was reported ministers were reported to be preparing a triple clampdown on second homes amid warnings that they are squeezing the life out of holiday hotspots.
Robert Jenrick, Communities Secretary, is working on a variety of reforms which will allow councils to stop the building of second homes in the event of harm to the community.
These bans could be implemented without the need to hold and win local elections.

The loophole permits wealthy Suffolk residents to claim second homes as holiday lets and avoid any tax. Stock image
New rights for councils allow them to require developers to build more starter houses, rather than focusing only on homes that are likely to appeal to “incomers” looking to buy a home.
Ministers may also change the rules to make it mandatory for owners to obtain planning permission before renting out their second property as a holiday rental.
These moves will be part of the planning legislation in the autumn. They are intended to offer relief to areas like Cornwall, Lake District, and Cotswolds that have large concentrations second home.