Question follow-through · 900890
Flood Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reforming the planning system to introduce new measures to help reduce flood risk.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 22 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 28 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 28 Oct 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Housing and planning
- Planning: Floods · 15 Nov 2024
- Environment Protection: Planning Permission · 15 Nov 2024
- Local Government Finance: Bedfordshire · 2 Dec 2024
- Council Tax: Bedfordshire · 2 Dec 2024
- Local Government: Bedfordshire · 2 Dec 2024
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Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
- Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 · 8 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
22 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reforming the planning system to introduce new measures to help reduce flood risk.
28 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
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...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Planning: Floods
15 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that local planning authorities use the Environment Agency’s forthcoming NaFRA2 data.
Environment Protection: Planning Permission
15 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will require local authorities to refer planning decisions where the Environment Agency objects for a call in.
Local Government Finance: Bedfordshire
2 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much she expects the non-Council Tax element of the core spending power of (a) Central Bedfordshire Council and (b) Bedford Borough Council to increase in 2025/26.
Council Tax: Bedfordshire
2 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much she expects (a) Central Bedfordshire Council and (b) Bedford Borough Council to increase council tax in 2025/26.
Local Government: Bedfordshire
2 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what changes she expects to make to governance arrangements in Bedfordshire through the English Devolution White Paper.
Trees: Conservation
10 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Tree Protection Order regime in protecting (a) ancient and (b) veteran trees.
Trees: Planning Permission
10 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of granting additional protections to (a) ancient and (b) veteran trees in planning policy.
Trees: Urban Areas
10 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential role of (a) ancient and (b) veteran trees in place-making for (i) large-scale new towns and (ii) urban extensions.
Planning Inspectorate
22 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of resources available to the planning inspectorate.
Planning Inspectorate: Standards
22 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the performance of the planning inspectorate.
Local Government: Employers' Contributions
22 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will make an estimate of the potential impact of increases to employers’ National Insurance for (a) Bedford Borough Council and (b) Central Bedfordshire Council
Local Government: Employers' Contributions
22 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding her Department is providing to (a) Bedford Borough Council and (b) Central Bedfordshire Council to cover the increased cost of employers’ National Insurance.