Question follow-through · 38201
Flood Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to require developers to complete flood defences committed to at planning stage in areas at risk of flooding within a mandated time period.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 13 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 21 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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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
13 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to require developers to complete flood defences committed to at planning stage in areas at risk of flooding within a mandated time period.
17 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Mar 2025
Answer published
Local planning authorities are responsible for ensuring compliance with planning permissions and conditions, including monitoring and taking enforcement action if necessary. National planning guidance makes clear that where flood risk management infrastru...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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