A question on #Housing #Floods tabled by Blake Stephenson on 30-05-2025 has been answered by Matthew Pennycook.

Heading: Housing: Floods
Question ID: 1807590
UIN: 56022
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-05-30
Asking Member ID: 5100
Asking Member display name: Blake Stephenson
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Blake Stephenson
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Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the guidance entitled New national flood and coastal erosion risk information, published on 25 March 2025, if she will hold discussions with the Planning Inspe
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Date answered: 2025-06-09
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Answering Member ID: 4520
Answering Member display name: Matthew Pennycook
Answering Member handle: mtpennycook
Answering Member Twitter reference: @mtpennycook
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Answer text: The revised National Planning Policy Framework published on 12 December 2024 is clear that new housing and most other forms of development should not be permitted in functional flood plains.National planning policy and guidance expect flood risk assessmen...
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Answering body ID: 7
Answering body name: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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