Council Tax

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Is he allowed to do it? It seems from the reports that he is.

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It was originally in the Northern Echo and has been picked up by the Metro, Independent, The Herald and several others in the last couple of hours. I expect others to follow.

If reports are correct, the two houses that the unpaid bills apply to were built without planning permission

[Bimbowomxn]

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It was originally in the Northern Echo and has been picked up by the Metro, Independent, The Herald and several others in the last couple of hours. I expect others to follow.

If reports are correct, the two houses that the unpaid bills apply to were built without planning permission

And have been re rated by the valuations office. I doubt they were built “without planning permission “ btw. They’d have been built under allowable development.

It isn’t related at all to someone not paying their bills.

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It was originally in the Northern Echo and has been picked up by the Metro, Independent, The Herald and several others in the last couple of hours. I expect others to follow.

If reports are correct, the two houses that the unpaid bills apply to were built without planning permission

That's the bit I'm interested in. Despite the headlines I imagine there is some legal lophole he is using for the Council Tax (no idea) but whats happening about the lack of planning permission?

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Mr Timmiss said the investigation concluded the main house had not been subdivided, and that the residential use of an outbuilding for family accommodation did not require planning permission.

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A COUNCIL investigation has concluded there were historic breaches of planning and building control regulations at Dominic Cummings’ lockdown family farm.

Durham County Council has said no further action will be taken, but it will pass the findings on to the Valuation Office Agency to see if the family’s extra building is liable for council tax.

The Prime Minister’s special aide stayed at the property, North Lodge Farm, on the A167 Darlington Road, near Durham, after he and his wife developed coronavirus symptoms in March.


After the furore surrounding the allegations Mr Cummings had breached lockdown law, the council launched an investigation following complaints the property itself did not meet the regulations.

Stuart Timmiss, head of development and housing at Durham County Council, said: “We have now investigated the complaints regarding planning permission.

“While there have been historic breaches of planning and building control regulations, current legislation places a time limit on any enforcement measures and as a result no further action will be taken.”

This works were done in 2002, council tax is only due from this month on.

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