adam277:
Perhaps the council could give a discount to business rates/tax for people who do this.This would never happen as the council wouldn’t take the financial hit but companies would jump at the chance.
Also why are so many fuel stations relatively small despite often being on large A roads with nothing nearby. It would be so easy to add some hgv parking.
But no as the council will not give any Concessions/incentives to do it.
Local authorities don’t have the powers to give such discounts, and due to the way business rates work a council wouldn’t take any financial hit if they were able to. In essence, central government sets the rate, local authorities collect it but it all goes into a central pot to be redistributed according to govt funding formulae.
If land is developed (e.g. by being made into a lorry park) that increases the rateable value of the site, and so increases the business rates payable (or brings it into scope of business rates). This is probably why such lorry parks don’t get built.
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