PLANNING POLICY STATEMENT 25
Key Planning Objectives
Ensure flood risk is taken into consideration at all planning process stages
Prevent inappropriate development in flood risk areas
Direct development away from high flood risk areas
Reducing flood risk for new development
Ensure flood risk is taken into consideration at all planning process stages
Prevent inappropriate development in flood risk areas
Direct development away from high flood risk areas
Reducing flood risk for new development
Appraising risk
Identify land has flood risk from river, sea and other sources
Preparing Regional Flood Risk Appraisals or Strategic Flood Risk Assessments
Identify land has flood risk from river, sea and other sources
Preparing Regional Flood Risk Appraisals or Strategic Flood Risk Assessments
Managing risk
Take climate changes into consideration, adopt policies for the area of development avoid flood risk from communities..
Restrict development in flood risk areas when there are reasonably available sites in low flood risk areas.
Take climate changes into consideration, adopt policies for the area of development avoid flood risk from communities..
Restrict development in flood risk areas when there are reasonably available sites in low flood risk areas.
Reducing risk
Monitor area where is required for current or future flood management
Assess location, design and layout incorporation sustainable drainage systems when processing new development approvals
Taking opportunities of new development to decrease flood impact.
Monitor area where is required for current or future flood management
Assess location, design and layout incorporation sustainable drainage systems when processing new development approvals
Taking opportunities of new development to decrease flood impact.
A partnership approach
Ensuring decisions on planning applications are expeditiously made
Consulting effectively with Environment Agency and other authorities and stakeholders
Ensuring Flood risk management policies and plans are supported by spatial planning
Ensuring decisions on planning applications are expeditiously made
Consulting effectively with Environment Agency and other authorities and stakeholders
Ensuring Flood risk management policies and plans are supported by spatial planning
References:
Department for Communities & Local Government, 30 June 2014, Planning Practice Guide, viewed 29th August 2015, <http://planningguidance.planningportal.gov.uk/revisions/>
Communities and Local Government, December 2006, Planning Policy Statement 25, viewed 29 August 2015, <http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http:/www.communities.gov.uk/documents/planningandbuilding/pdf/planningpolicystatement25>
Department for Communities & Local Government, 30 June 2014, Planning Practice Guide, viewed 29th August 2015, <http://planningguidance.planningportal.gov.uk/revisions/>
Communities and Local Government, December 2006, Planning Policy Statement 25, viewed 29 August 2015, <http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http:/www.communities.gov.uk/documents/planningandbuilding/pdf/planningpolicystatement25>