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 McMahon
The 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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