Derelict Land

(asked on 10th December 2014) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the Exchequer of exempting houses on brownfield sites from stamp duty land tax on their first sale.


Answered by
David Gauke Portrait
David Gauke
This question was answered on 17th December 2014

No such estimate has been made.

HMRC data does not contain any information on brownfield sites. Furthermore it does not contain information on if a transaction is the first sale of a developed site.

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