Lead member
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
Conservative, Life peer
Lords
Decision
Agreed
This amendment was agreed to. Where a member has given notice of their intention to oppose a Clause/Schedule standing part of a Bill, 'agreed' indicates that the Clause/Schedule was removed from the Bill.
Amendment text
After Clause 128
insert the following new Clause—
“Residential buildings on floodplains
(1)
Local planning authorities must not grant permission for residential properties to be built on functional floodplains or areas at high risk of flooding.
(2)
An area is a functional floodplain or at high risk of flooding for the purposes of subsection (1) if the Environment Agency assesses it as a Zone 3a or 3b flood zone.”