HC Deb 24 January 1968 vol 757 cc138-9W
Mr. Longden

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will publish a list of those rating authorities which have resolved, or have announced an intention to resolve, in accordance with Section 20 of the Local Government Act, 1966, to levy rates upon empty properties.

Mr. Skeffington

The following lists show, respectively, those authorities who are already rating unoccupied property and those who had notified my right hon. Friend by 22nd January, 1968 that they had resolved to do so from 1st April, 1968.

Authorities already rating unoccupied property
The county borough councils of:
Bournemouth Eastbourne.
Coventry. Exeter.
The London borough councils of:
Hounslow. Waltham Forest.
Newham.
The non-county borough and urban district councils of:
Alsager Melksham
Ashby de la Zouch Melton Mowbray.
Barry. Neath.
Beaumaris Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Cannock
Chepstow. Petersfield.
Clay Cross Portland.
Coalville. Potters Bar.
Crawley Ramsgate.
Eccles Royston (Herts.).
Hadleigh* Shoreham-by-Sea.
Halesworth* Stevenage.
Halstead Tamworth.
Heanor Taunton.
Hitchin Todmorden.
Hornsea. Tonbridge.
Horsham. Tring.
Keighley Tunbridge Wells.
Letchworth Watford.
Llandovery. Wellington(Somerset).
Llanidloes
Loughborough Wisbech.
The rural district councils of:
Ashby de la Zouch Warminster and Westbury.
South Cambridgeshire Warmley
South Kesteven. Watford
Vaynor and Penderyn West Dean.
Wantage Isles of Scilly.

AUTHORITIES WHO HAVE RESOLVED TO RATE UNOCCUPIED PROPERTY FROM 1ST APRIL, 1968:
The London borough councils of:
Bexley. Haringey.
Camden. Lambeth.
Croydon. Southwark.
Greenwich. Wandsworth
Hammersmith.
The non-county borough and urban district councils of:
Maesteg. Newbury.
Maidstone St. Albans.
Newbiggin by-the-Sea Skelton and Brotton.
*These authorities have been authorised to rescind their resolutions with effect from 1st April, 1968.