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 Tomlinson
The 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.