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Property Development: Floods

Asked by Blake StephensonConservativeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 13 January 2026UIN 102969

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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the effectiveness of the application of planning legislation relating to flooding, in the cont

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

Due to the quasi-judicial role of MHCLG Ministers in the planning system, I am unable to comment on the details of specific planning applications or appeals. I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 100731 on 5 January 2026.

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