Question follow-through · 20215

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her department has issued guidance on whether council tax can be levied on new build, structurally completed dwellings which are not connected to utilities and are not ha

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
28 Aug 2026
Target answer date
2 Sept 2026
Answer
8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Aug 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her department has issued guidance on whether council tax can be levied on new build, structurally completed dwellings which are not connected to utilities and are not ha

  2. 2 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    Council tax becomes payable on a new-build dwelling when a local authority determines that it has been substantially completed, or will be substantially completed within three months. The authority will issue a completion notice to the Valuation Office sp...

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