Cornwall holiday warning for UK tourists with people told ‘pay your way’

A Cornwall holiday price warning has been issued – as prices soar with controls on holiday homes to be introduced. The government confirmed this week it plans to introduce a new mandatory national registration scheme for holiday lets. Councils were to be given greater powers to control short-term lets by making them subject to the planning process, officials said. It aimed to protect local residents from being pushed out of communities by property prices, they added. Reacting to the news, a local wrote: “Excellent news. For those with second homes they should pay double the rateable value of the property. Those that can afford a second home will happily pay their way. People who respect the county and its issues…