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  1. Creaky

    Brighton is 5th least affordable city in UK

    So you have a piece of land on Manchester's 'Salford Quay" with a relatively small footprint. A developer comes along and builds a tower block of 350 high end luxury apartments mainly occupied by millionaires. Alongside it are other relatively low cost housing. Under the rules of LVT and in...
  2. Creaky

    Brighton is 5th least affordable city in UK

    I would think that was highly disputable! Business rates are in general much higher currently than domestic council tax. The principle of LVT is that the tax isn't dependent on what is built on the land but the value of the land itself. Whilst in some circumstances land with permission for...
  3. Creaky

    Brighton is 5th least affordable city in UK

    LVT is based on the value of the land irrespective of what is actually built on it. In order to apply such a tax every plot of land in the UK will need to be valued. Explain to me, if you have a street, (or a whole area for that matter), that is fully developed with different types of...
  4. Creaky

    Brighton is 5th least affordable city in UK

    Ironic, isn't it, that as commuter transport routes, road and rail, expand it makes it more and more difficult for people to be able to afford to live and work in the areas they grew up in. This is noticeable not only in cities like Brighton but also in rural areas where the jobs are generally...

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