Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 29950

Property Development: Floods

Tabled: 7 February 2025

Answered: 19 February 2025

Question

Blake Stephenson

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will make an estimate of the number of current planning permissions granted in areas highlighted in the NaFRA2 flood zone data as having a high (a) current and

Answer

Matthew Pennycook

The revised National Planning Policy Framework that was published on 12 December 2024 is clear that new housing, and most other forms of development, should not be permitted in functional flood plains.Estimates have not been made of the number of homes wh...

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