Question follow-through · 45995
Empty Property: Council Tax
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of amending council tax legislation so new owners bringing previously empty properties back into use are not required t
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 17 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 28 Apr 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of amending council tax legislation so new owners bringing previously empty properties back into use are not required t
23 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Apr 2025
Answer published
The government recognises there may be circumstances where it would not be appropriate for a council tax premium to apply. That is why this government introduced a number of exceptions to council tax premiums which came into effect from 1 April 2025. This...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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