Flood risk and coastal change
Planning Practice Guidance
Document Status
Current
Supplement
Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning
Series
Planning Practice Guidance
Abstract
Comprises planning practice guidance focusing on flooding and coastal change in the planning process. Covers: planning and flood risk; taking flood risk into account in preparing plans; site-specific flood risk assessment; sequential approach to the location of development; exception test; role of the Environment Agency and lead local flood authorities in assessing planning applications; addressing residual flood risk; other flood risk considerations; flood risk issues raised by minor developments; flood risk issues raised by changes of use; permitted development rights and flood risk; proximity to watercourses and need for a flood risk activity permit; sustainable drainage systems (SuDS); reducing the causes and impacts of flooding; flood resistance and flood resilience; planning and development in areas of coastal change; flood zone and flood risk tables; and site-specific flood risk assessment: checklist.
History
Last updated: 25 August 2022 - Provides a significant refresh to the guidance and brings it up to date and in line with the latest policy position on flood risk introduced in the updates to the National Planning Policy Framework in 2018 and 2021. Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/flood-risk-and-coastal-change and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: guidance. First published: 6 March 2014.
Subjects
- Planning control
- Planning control, England
- Coastal planning
- Planning and development
- Environmental planning/land
- Flood management
Publisher History
Now known as the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) was a UK Government department with responsibility for communities throughout the UK, with local investment supporting growth, creating jobs, delivering housing, overseeing local government, planning and building safety. They were previously known as the MHCLG, the Department for Communities and Local Government, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, and the Department for Transport and Local Government.
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