ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the suggestions put forward in the prior studies, many of which have been pre-empted by more developments in housing and planning policy. More generally, options for controlling the growth in second home ownership fall into three broad categories; economic and social development, housing policy options and planning and development control. A stronger local economy would generate an upward pressure on both house prices and the supply of new housing and place locals in a far better competitive position in the housing market. The move towards ‘shared ownership’ association schemes in the early 1990s and the transfer of this housing to the market might be seen as another example of how governments have mis-managed non-market housing in rural Britain and created the current housing crisis. Second homes are not a problem per se in the countryside but simply represent part of the evolution of the housing market in response to economic decline and social change.
