Oral Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 18 November 2025Answered: 24 November 2025
Asked by
Alison Griffiths
Conservative — Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answer from Hansard
Matthew Pennycook
As I made clear in answer to a previous question, strong protections in national planning policy mean that development that could be vulnerable to flooding should not be allowed in areas of high flood risk. Where local planning authorities have approved development in spite of initial objections—for example, from the Environment Agency—they will have had to ensure that the development would be safe through, for example, adequate mitigations.