Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 96672

Housing: Brownfield Sites

Tabled: 3 December 2025
Answered: 9 December 2025

Question

Wendy Morton

ConservativeAldridge-Brownhills

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of excluding car parks, roads and other forms of hardstanding from the definition of Previously Developed Land und

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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