Issue - meetings

As detailed in the recommendation.

Councillor Mullin introduced the report and explained that Welsh Government (WG) had recently announced, as part of the co-operation agreement with Plaid Cymru, a programme for Government between 2021-2026 which included a commitment to consulting on and introducing tax raising powers for local authorities to raise a levy on overnight visitor’s accommodation in Wales.

The Revenues and Procurement Managerexplained that the policy aims for a visitor levy was to enable local authorities to raise additional revenue to re-invest in the conditions that made tourism a success.

The purpose of the report was to provide Cabinet with early, basic information on the development of the levy and work led by WG.  A further report would be submitted to Cabinet in November.

RESOLVED:

That the latest developments for the development of a local Visitor Levy ahead of the formal Welsh Government consultation in the Autumn 2022 be noted.