GETTY New houses will only get planning permission if they are to be lived in full-time

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Councils are hoping to reserve new builds for locals after the historic vote in St Ives. It comes in reaction to the ban on building second homes. More than 80 per cent voted in a referendum in favour of a new town plan, which includes a promise to restrict second home ownership on new developments in St Ives and Carbis Bay. New housing projects will only get planning permission if the homes are reserved for people to live in full-time.

People will still be able to buy existing houses as second homes or holiday lets but all newly-built property will be reserved for locals.

According to St Ives Town Council, a quarter of properties in 2011 were classed as second homes – a 67 per cent increase from 2001. These figures put St Ives and Carbis Bay among the top five areas for second homes in Cornwall

Supporters of the restriction argued that locals are priced out of owning their own home because of rising property values, which they have attributed to the increase in second homes. In Cornwall the jobless rate is five per cent and many people work in seasonal low paid jobs in the tourism industry and are unable to afford the rising asking prices.

GETTY More than 80 per cent of voters backed the ban

GETTY Many people in Cornwall get low paid seasonal work

According to St Ives Town Council, a quarter of properties in 2011 were classed as second homes – a 67 per cent increase from 2001. These figures put St Ives and Carbis Bay among the top five areas for second homes in Cornwall. The town has followed Lynton and Lynmouth in Devon in stopping the development of new second homes.