Question follow-through · 59770

Empty Property: Compulsory Purchase

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help local authorities in rural areas effectively use compulsory purchase orders to bring derelict buildings back into community use.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled: 13 Jun 2025
Target answer date: 17 Jun 2025
Answer: 24 Jun 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

13 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help local authorities in rural areas effectively use compulsory purchase orders to bring derelict buildings back into community use.
17 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Jun 2025
Answer published
Local authorities have various compulsory purchase powers which they can use to acquire and develop derelict or empty properties. To assist them in the use of their powers, the government has implemented the package of reforms in the Levelling-up and Rege...

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