A damning report has shown that rural communities are being 'strangled' by the huge rise in properties being used as short-term holiday lets, with an almost 1000% increase nationally since 2015.
Research by CPRE, The Countryside Charity, found that the increase in rural staycation hotspots had occurred while the number of families waiting on social housing lists was 176,000.
Though the problem is present around the UK, Northumberland, which is described as a 'holiday honeypot,' is suffering particularly badly along with other popular tourist destinations such as Cornwall, Devon and South Lakeland.
