A question on #PropertyDevelopment #Floods tabled by Blake Stephenson on 24-01-2025 has been answered by Matthew Pennycook.

Heading: Property Development: Floods
Question ID: 1758601
UIN: 26368
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-01-24
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, what estimate her Department has made of the number of houses that may be build on flood plains between July 2024 and July 2029.
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Date answered: 2025-02-03
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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 government is committed to building the homes the country needs while ensuring they are safe from flooding.The National Planning Policy Framework, which was revised in December 2024, is clear that new housing and most other forms of development should...
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Answering body ID: 7
Answering body name: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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