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Planning Blight

Asked by Rebecca PaulConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 10 February 2026UIN 110243

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 15.27 of the Valuation Office Agency's technical manual, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of widening the provision to allow landlords to serve bligh

Answered by Dan Tomlinson

Section 168 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 legislates how Blight Notices can be used. This legislation and any revisions to it fall within the remit of MHCLG.

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