Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 34286
Empty Property: Council Tax
Tabled: 27 February 2025
Answered: 7 March 2025
Question
Kevin Hollinrake
Conservative — Thirsk and Malton
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) empty home premiums on council tax, (b) second home premiums on council tax and (c) planning conditions against the us
Answer
Jim McMahonThe use of council tax premiums is at local authorities’ discretion. The government does collect data on the use of premiums and number of empty and second homes, which is published in the government’s council taxbase statistics. However, it does not make...
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