Retail Trade: Business Rates
Commons · Question 103001 · Tabled 5 Jan 2026 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Rupert Lowe
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what analysis has been conducted on the potential impact of business rates levels on commercial vacancy rates.
Answer
Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 12 Jan 2026
Empty Property Relief (EPR) operates by providing owners of empty non-domestic properties with 100% relief for the first 3 months (or 6 months for industrial properties) after a property becomes empty. If the property remains empty once the relief period ...