PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Property Searches (13 February 2020)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to review the adequacy of local land charges placed on new housing developments.
Asked by:
Alberto Costa (Conservative)
Asked by:
Alberto Costa (Conservative)
Answer
My Department has no plans to review local land charges placed on new housing developments, or more widely. HM Land Registry is working in partnership with local authorities in England to standardise and migrate local land charge data to a single register. Further information on the Programme can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-land-registry-local-land-charges-programme
Answered by:
Christopher Pincher (Independent)
25 February 2020
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