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Housing: Valuation

Asked by Kevin HollinrakeConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 3 June 2025UIN 54293

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2025 to Question 48452 on Housing: Valuation, where the Valuation Office Agency obtains scaled (a) plans and (b) maps to determine plot size.

Answered by James Murray

In addition to plans derived from the direct measurement of the property, the VOA uses plans and maps from online digital mapping platforms, ONS surveys, planning portals, property developers, estate agents and other data within the public domain.

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