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At the moment I think we still have a hose-pipe ban in Yorkshire, but we could very quickly go to a state of severe flooding. On an ongoing basis, it is incumbent on local authority planners to ensure that prior to a future flood, resilience measures can be put in place when applications are made. Therefore, enforcement of planning approvals is vital to ensure that any specified flood mitigation or resilience measures have been installed adequately. It is therefore essential to ensure safe development, and these measures should be included in the fee. It is important to note that these resilience measures are not always cheap, and we should remove any barrier in their path. So this is not so much a technical amendment as simply a plea to make sure that the fees will cover the enforcement measures to ensure that the resilience measures have been agreed and are fit for purpose.