Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 14527

Planning: Floods

Tabled: 15 November 2024
Answered: 26 November 2024

Question

Blake Stephenson

Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that local planning authorities use the Environment Agency’s forthcoming NaFRA2 data.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
National planning policy and guidance expects flood risk assessments to consider all sources of flooding, and to take the most up-to-date information into account, which will include the Environment Agency’s forthcoming NaFRA2 data.During the course of ne...
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