Zack Polanski Partner apologises over council tax on London houseboat
Zack Polanski partner issues around a London houseboat are now at the center of a council tax row after the Green Party said he apologised for an unintentional mistake and has taken steps to pay any tax he may owe. The party said Polanski had until recently been living on a houseboat in London, moored at a marina in Hackney.
A spokesperson said, “Zack apologises sincerely for the unintentional mistake.” The same spokesperson said, “He has immediately taken steps to pay any council tax he may be found to owe.”
Hackney marina residence
The dispute turns on whether the boat was Polanski’s sole or main residence. Dan Neidle said a boat is liable for council tax when used as a person's sole or main residence, and wrote that if the boat was Polanski's main residence, then Mr Polanski and his partner should have paid council tax there.
The Times questioned last week whether Polanski had paid council tax for the boat for the past three years. It reported that an advertisement to sell the boat said, “We are moving house and so will sadly be leaving the gorgeous community behind.”
Green Party response
The Green Party told The Times that Polanski lived in a room he rented at a different address in London and council tax was included in his rent there. It also said he only stayed on the boat occasionally.
That account sits alongside reporting that Polanski and his partner appear in recent years to have stayed on a narrowboat at a marina. A local laundrette said it had often done laundry for Polanski and his partner from 2023 to 2025, and the Mail reported that Polanski had been registered to vote at a nearby building used as a postal address.
Polanski and council tax
The asked the Green Party for clarification about Polanski's residence and whether he had paid the relevant council tax. For now, the party has said he apologized and is taking steps to pay whatever he may be found to owe, while the legal question still turns on whether the houseboat counted as his main home.
