{"id":35457,"date":"2023-01-27T17:55:36","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T17:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=35457"},"modified":"2023-01-27T17:55:36","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T17:55:36","slug":"ihbc-signpost-why-there-are-so-many-empty-buildings-in-the-uk-and-how-we-should-be-using-them-asks-country-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=35457","title":{"rendered":"IHBC Signpost: Why there are so many empty buildings in the UK \u2014 and how we should be using them, asks Country Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Lucy Denton\u2019s article in Country Life<\/em> magazine asks why we have so many uninhabited dwellings and what we can do to save them.<\/h3>\n
image: for illustration<\/em><\/h6>\n

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\u2026 The VAT rules need to be overhauled\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

Country Life<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n

\u2026 a striking model of the sturdy sandstone-built houses that appeared in the north of England in the 16th century\u2026 a handsome home, surely, in this exposed moorland setting.<\/p>\n

It is empty and in ruins, picked at by vandals and frequently saturated… Extwistle Hall, vacant for the past 20 years, is one of numerous stricken dwellings that should be put to good use, but which is a casualty of various factors that contribute to lack of occupation and, ultimately, dereliction.<\/p>\n

It is unthinkable that England, in 2022, had about 250,000 officially recorded uninhabited dwellings \u2014 \u2018a lot more than five years ago,\u2019 points out Chris Bailey, campaigns manager at Action on Empty Homes\u2026.<\/p>\n

\u2026 There are also fewer funds available for those seeking to revive a redundant edifice than there were 10 years ago\u2026.<\/p>\n

\u2026 opportunities for redevelopment exist, better support is vital. \u2018It\u2019s a no-brainer. The VAT rules need to be overhauled,\u2019 advises Henrietta Billings, director of SAVE Britain\u2019s Heritage, on the long-hoped-for relief on work to existing buildings, yet to materialise, which means that owners of listed properties still pay a standard rate of 20% on repairs, whereas, controversially, it is 0% for new homes\u2026.<\/p>\n

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