Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 96668

Brownfield Sites

Tabled: 3 December 2025
Answered: 9 December 2025
Named Day

Question

Wendy Morton

ConservativeAldridge-Brownhills

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason the Building Safety Levy (England) Regulations 2025 introduced a new definition of Previously Developed land.

Answer

Samantha Dixon
Works on previously developed sites will be charged at the 50% discount rate for the Building Safety Levy. This is because of the higher costs of developing a previously developed/ brownfield site, and the greater risk that these projects become unviable....

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