HC Deb 11 February 1969 vol 777 cc263-4W
Mr. Brian Parkyn

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will list as at the latest convenient date those local authorities which have decided to rate unoccupied property.

Mr. Skeffington

The following lists show, respectively, those authorities which are already rating unoccupied property and those which had notified my right hon. Friend by 10th February, 1969, that they had resolved to do so from 1st April, 1969.

AUTHORITIES ALREADY RATING EMPTY PROPERTY
The county borough councils of:
Bournemouth. Exeter.
Coventry. Southport.
Eastbourne. West Bromwich.
The London borough councils of:
Barnet. Havering.
Bexley. Hounslow.
Brent. Lambeth.
Camden. Newham.
Croydon. Red bridge.
Ealing. Southwark.
Greenwich. Waltham Forest.
Hackney. Wandsworth.
Hammersmith. Westminster.
Haringey.
The non-county borough and urban district councils of:
Alsager. Neath.
Ashby de la Zouch. Newbiggin-by-the Sea.
Beaumaris.
Bishop's Stortford. Newbury.
Cannock. Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Carmarthen.
Chepstow. New Sarum
Clay Cross. Petersfield.
Coalville. Portland.
Crawley. Potters Bar.
Eccles. Ramsgate.
Gelligaer. Royston (Herts).
Halstead. St. Albans.
Heanor. Shoreham-by-Sea.
Hereford. Skelton and Brotton.
Hitchin.
Hornsea. Stevenage.
Horsham. Tamworth.
Keighley. Taunton.
Leamington Spa. Todmorden.
Letchworth. Tonbridge,
Llandovery. Tring.
Llanidloes. Tunbridge Wells.
Loughborough. Watford.
Maesteg. Wellington (Somerset).
Maidstone.
Melksham. Wimborne Minster.
Melton Mowbray. Wisbech.
The rural district councils of:
Ashby de la Zouch. Wantage.
Cannock. Warminster and
Long Ashton. Westbury.
Sedgefield. Warmley.
South Cambridge shire. Watford.
West Dean.
South Kesteven. Wycombe.
Vaynor and Penderyn. Isles of Scilly.

AUTHORITIES WHICH HAVE RESOLVED TO RATE UNOCCUPIED PROPERTY FROM 1ST APRIL, 1969.
The London borough councils of:
Barking. Hillingdon.
Islington.

The urban district council of: Mansfield.

The rural district council of: Cheadle.