United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 2093
Property Development: Floods
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15 November 2023
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20 November 2023 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will require local authorities to give greater weight to the risk of local flooding before granting of planning permission for (a) housebuilding and (b) other future developmen
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15 November 2023
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will require local authorities to give greater weight to the risk of local flooding before granting of planning permission for (a) housebuilding and (b) other future developmen
Source: Commons
20 November 2023
Answer
The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) is clear that all sources of flood risk need to be considered, including future flood risk, to ensure that any new development is safe for its lifetime without increasing the risk of flooding elsewhere. The Fr...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-11-15/2093
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1670253
- uk · wq-1670253 · source updated 20 November 2023