LVT discussed in the Telegraph

» LVT discussed in the Telegraph

LVT discussed in the Telegraph

Excerpt: The CPRA yesterday criticised Corby as having the worst record for using brownfield sites in the country. Writing today in the Telegraph, Country Life editor Clive Aslet opines:Put some new taxes in place. A swingeing development tax on greenfield land. Another tax on brownfield sites, to encourage owners to get on and do something about them. Tax empty land as though it had new houses built on it. Belgium has something along these lines already. Or what about a carbon tax related to the amount of vehicle traffic a development will generate? New taxes: Mr Brown, do I see the hint of a smile?

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The CPRA yesterday criticised Corby as having the worst record for using brownfield sites in the country. Writing today in the Telegraph, Country Life editor Clive Aslet opines:

Put some new taxes in place. A swingeing development tax on greenfield land. Another tax on brownfield sites, to encourage owners to get on and do something about them. Tax empty land as though it had new houses built on it. Belgium has something along these lines already. Or what about a carbon tax related to the amount of vehicle traffic a development will generate? New taxes: Mr Brown, do I see the hint of a smile?

A set of Liberal ideas who's time, it seems, has come.