Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 56025
Planning: Coastal Erosion and Floods
Tabled: 30 May 2025
Answered: 9 June 2025
Question
Blake Stephenson
Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the guidance entitled New national flood and coastal erosion risk information, published on 25 March 2025, whether she has made an assessment of the potential i
Answer
Matthew PennycookThe revised National Planning Policy Framework published on 12 December 2024 is clear that new housing and most other forms of development should not be permitted in functional flood plains.National planning policy and guidance expect flood risk assessmen...
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