Question follow-through · 96672
Housing: Brownfield Sites
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
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 3 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 9 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Communities and local government
- Local Plans: West Midlands · 9 Dec 2025
- Housing: West Midlands · 9 Dec 2025
- Brownfield Sites: West Midlands · 9 Dec 2025
- Planning: West Midlands · 9 Dec 2025
- Planning Permission: Appeals · 10 Dec 2025
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Recorded timeline
3 Dec 2025
Question tabled
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
8 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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9 Dec 2025
Answer published
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....
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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