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Sewers: Property Development

Commons · Question 44730 · 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, what steps she is taking to help ensure that local authorities have adequate (a) powers and (b) resources to (i) adopt and (ii) manage sustainable drainage systems.

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...