Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 79879
Planning Permission: Flood Control
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025
Question
Blake Stephenson
Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to direct local authorities to always reject planning applications which the lead local flood authority deem would increase the risk of flooding for
Answer
Matthew PennycookThe 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 future). Where development is necessary in such ...
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