Oral Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
“If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 19 September 2023Answered: 19 October 2023
Asked by
Richard Foord
Liberal Democrat — Honiton and Sidmouth
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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.