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Government drops development tax

Regeneration & Renewal, 12 October 2007

Proposals for a tax on the increase in land values gained upon receipt of planning permission have been shelved and replaced with a tariff-based approach.

Chancellor Alistair Darling this week announced he would shelve the Planning Gain Supplement and introduce standardised tariffs across council areas in a forthcoming planning reform bill. The announcement brings to...

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