Cornwall holiday-homes outnumber local houses
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
... house prices are being pushed out of reach of most locals, as well as complaints that many of the second homes are lying empty for much of the year. ...

Anger as planners give thumbs up to 37 homes
Halifax Evening Courier - UK
But objectors say there are already too many empty homes in Calderdale. Stephen Cunningham, of Moorlands Road, Greetland, who objected to the Ashfield Road ...