Sewers: Property Development
Commons · Question 44729 · Tabled 7 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Manuela Perteghella
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a statutory power for local flood authorities to (a) adopt and (b) maintain sustainable urban drainage syste
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 22 Apr 2025
The government is committed to securing the delivery of high-quality sustainable drainage systems to help manage flood risk and adapt to the effects of climate change. The revised National Planning Policy Framework we published on 12 December 2024 amended...