Housing
Commons · Question 33442 · Tabled 25 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the damage cause by Storm Eowyn to housing.
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 20 Mar 2025
The revised National Planning Policy Framework published on 12 December 2024 sets out that the planning system should take full account of all climate impacts, including storm and flood risk. Planning should help to ensure that development minimises vulne...