Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 32497
Housing: Flood Control
Tabled: 21 February 2025
Answered: 28 February 2025
Named DayQuestion
Brian Mathew
Liberal Democrat — Melksham and Devizes
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will take steps to ensure that new build houses will not be placed in (a) coastal areas at risk for rising sea levels and erosion and (b) upstream flood areas t
Answer
Matthew PennycookNational planning policy is clear that development should be directed to areas with the lowest possible flood risk from all sources, including from the sea.Where development is proposed in areas at risk of the impacts of coastal change, development should...
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