Current status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 18 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-33251 by Ivan McKee on 23 January 2025, how much revenue has been raised from non-domestic rates levied on properties with pylon infrastructure in each of the last three years; whether any other levies are applied to pylons based on their height or size, and, if so, how much revenue was raised in 2024 from each of these levies.
The estimated non-domestic rates revenue from energy transmission infrastructure from 2022-2023 to 2024-2025 is presented in Table 1. This includes overhead transmission lines and pylons, underground lines, and sub-stations, operating at or above 132kV. We are unable to separately estimate the amounts related to pylon infrastructure only.
There are no Scottish Government levies charged on the basis of pylon height or size. We are not aware of any other levies charged on this basis.
Table 1: Estimated non-domestic rates income from electricity transmission infrastructure
Financial year | Non-domestic rates income (£) |
2022-2023 | 81,744,000 |
2023-2024 | 112,398,000 |
2024-2025 | 114,595,000 |
Source: Designated electricity transmission entries on the Scottish Assessors’ Valuation Roll as at 1 October 2022, 1 October 2023, 1 October 2024.