Housing: Brownfield Sites
Commons · Question 96672 · Tabled 3 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
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
Answer
Answered by Samantha Dixon, 9 Dec 2025
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....