House Builders Association Newsletter 2025 – Issue 14
This issue of the HBA Newsletter provides an update on the Building Safety Act and the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, outlines the planning implications of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill and offers an update on water, energy, and Homes England. The HBA also urges members to write to their MP to stop the Landfill Tax Grab.
Created: 21 July 2025
Last Reviewed: 21 July 2025
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About our sponsor
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Stop the Landfill Tax Grab
The Government is proposing that by 2030, the lower rate of tax for landfill waste in England will be removed and replaced by the standardised rate.
At July 2025 rates, this would be a 3015% tax increase, going from £4.05 a tonne to £126.15 a tonne.
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