Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 81948

Affordable Housing: Construction

Tabled: 14 October 2025
Answered: 21 October 2025

Question

Jo Platt

Labour (Co-op)Leigh and Atherton

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that affordable new homes are built to a high standard of flood resilience.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that inappropriate development in areas at risk of flooding should be avoided by directing development away from areas at highest risk (whether existing or in the future). Where development is necessary i...

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