Comment

Representation ID: 23173

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Environment Agency

17) We strongly recommend the addition of the following element to this point to which supports sustainable development

‘Land that is required for current and future flood management will be safeguarded from development. Where development lies adjacent to or benefits from an existing or future flood defence scheme the developer will be expected to contribute towards the cost of delivery and/or maintenance of that scheme’.

We strongly support this part of the policy and welcome the provision of safeguarding land for flood risk management. This approach is in line with planning policy guidance which states ‘If an area is intended to flood, e.g. an upstream flood storage area designed to protect communities further downstream, then this should be safeguarded from development and identified as functional floodplain, even though it might not flood very often’.