Flood Control: Mining
Commons · Question 92487 · Tabled 18 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Freddie van Mierlo
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of using closed mineral extraction sites to aid flood alleviation, rather than infilling with waste.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 24 Nov 2025
The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) requires that planning authorities should provide for restoration and aftercare of mineral sites at the earliest opportunity to be carried out to high environmental standards. This should include, through prov...