Written Question·Treasury·UIN 111692
Airports: Business Rates
Tabled: 9 February 2026
Answered: 17 February 2026
Question
Sir James Cleverly
Conservative — Braintree
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether granting of a planning permission for airport expansion, which has not yet been (a) started or (b) completed, would be deemed a material consideration in the business rates valuation of an airport by the Val
Answer
Dan TomlinsonThe Valuation Office Agency would not deem granting of planning permission for the physical expansion of an airport, which has not yet been (a) started or (b) completed, a material consideration in their valuation of that airport.