Flooding Debate
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Jason McCartney
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(8 years, 4 months ago)
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Elizabeth Truss
My right hon. Friend the Transport Secretary is very happy to look at the matter.
Jason McCartney (Colne Valley) (Con)
Planning plays a crucial role in flood prevention. Will the Secretary of State join me in pleading with Kirklees Council, which is currently consulting on its local plan, to think seriously about the implications for flood prevention further down the valleys in the Holme Valley and the Colne Valley, before it rubberstamps allocating greenfield sites such as Scholes, Cinderhills, Netherton and Slaithwaite for housebuilding,?
Elizabeth Truss
The Environment Agency is a statutory consultee, and, as I mentioned earlier, the NPPF makes it clear that inappropriate development on flood plains should be avoided, but ultimately it is a matter for the local authority.