Planning: Flood Control

(asked on 8th June 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, what steps he is taking to ensure flood plans are included in the planning system.


Answered by
Stuart Andrew Portrait
Stuart Andrew
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
This question was answered on 16th June 2022

There are already strong protections in place and the National Planning Policy Framework is clear that areas at little to no risk of flooding from any source should always be developed in preference to areas at a higher risk of flooding. The Government maintains that the best way of delivering resilient development is to ensure a plan-led approach, since this is the best way of taking account of flood risk when determining site allocation.

The reforms represent a pragmatic package of structural and procedural changes that are designed to improve the efficiency of local plan-making. Plans are to be simpler and shorter, and underpinned by better data to ensure they are more transparent and understandable.

Local communities will have more certainty that the right homes will be built in the right places, with a greater emphasis on effective and timely community engagement.

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