Property Development: Floods
Commons · Question 24336 · Tabled 15 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Julia Buckley
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to take steps to require developers to complete flood defences committed to at planning stage in areas at risk of flooding within a mandated time per
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 23 Jan 2025
National planning policy is clear that where development is necessary in areas at risk of flooding, the development should be made safe for its lifetime without increasing flood risk elsewhere.Local planning authorities should consider the use of conditio...