Brownfield Sites: Taxation

(asked on 8th September 2026) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the fiscal effectiveness of land value taxation mechanisms in disincentivising the holding of undeveloped commercial sites.


Answered by
James Murray Portrait
James Murray
Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General
This question was answered on 17th September 2026

The Chancellor takes decisions on tax at fiscal events and does not routinely comment on proposals.

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