Petition · past parliament · Department for Transport

Add second home ownership to the acceptable reasons to leave the UK

Closed 611 signatures

What the petition asks

There is a list of acceptable reasons to leave the UK.

Please add “to check on a second home outside of the UK” to the list.
Second home owners are not tourists. Owning a second home abroad comes with responsibilities and they need to be able to check on their homes.

Some homes abroad have been standing empty for more than a year - to continue to ban homeowners from seeing their houses is unfair.

Timeline

30 Mar 2021 Petition opened for signatures
30 Sep 2021 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 611
Status Closed
Department Department for Transport
Opened 30 Mar 2021
Closed 30 Sep 2021

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.