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Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning
Constitutes the Government's response to the publication of Sir Michael Pitt's review into the summer 2007 flooding.
To be read with Learning lessons from the 2007 floods: an independent review by Sir Michael Pitt: final report (also known as the Pitt Review); Update of the Foresight Future Flooding 2004 qualitative risk analysis - an independent review by Sir Michael Pitt (both Cabinet Office, 2008); Government's response to Sir Michael Pitt's review of the summer 2007 floods - progress report (DEFRA, 2009) and Initial review of the implementation of planning policy statement 25 - development and flood risk (DCLG, 2009).
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