Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 32901
Property Development: Water
Tabled: 21 February 2025
Answered: 3 March 2025
Question
Rachel Gilmour
Liberal Democrat — Tiverton and Minehead
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including (a) ingress and (b) egress routes for water in new building developments.
Answer
Matthew PennycookThis government recognises the importance of development being resilient to flooding from all sources, including from surface water. The revised National Planning Policy Framework published on 12 December 2024 makes clear that developments of all sizes sh...
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