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Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to take steps to ensure that (a) new homes are not build on high risk flood areas and (b) cumulative development does not increase local flood risk.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
11 Oct 2024
Target answer date
28 Oct 2024
Answer
28 Oct 2024 · 17 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to take steps to ensure that (a) new homes are not build on high risk flood areas and (b) cumulative development does not increase local flood risk.

  2. 28 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    The government recognises the devastating impact which flooding can have on communities, and the role the planning system plays in directing development to areas of lowest possible flood risk. National planning policy is clear that inappropriate developme...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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