Comment

Representation ID: 89

Received: 04/06/2009

Respondent: Environment Agency

We can never remove the risk of flooding entirely. In order to minimise disruption and the cost of flooding, the remaining risk needs to be managed and development designed to be brought back into use as soon, easily and economically as possible. Developments should be designed and constructed to be easily renovated after flooding. Building materials and utilities should not need replacing.
Developers may also wish to incorporate flood resistance measures in order to minimise the damage from flooding.
All proposals for development should identify how flood resilience measures will be implemented.