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Holiday Accommodation: Business Rates

Asked by Joe RobertsonConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 6 February 2026UIN 109388

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what factors the Valuation Office Agency takes into consideration in (a) coastal and (b) tourism-dependent areas when setting rateable values for self-catering accommodation.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson

Self-catered accommodation is valued in the same way as any other class of non-domestic property; through applying the statutory and common law principles that apply across non-domestic rating.

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