National Planning Policy Framework

Lord Jackson of Peterborough Excerpts

Tuesday 27th March 2012 Commons Chamber

[Greg Clark]

The default answer was a variation of a presumption that everyone agreed was not terribly helpful, and we have deleted it from the document.

[Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough) (Con)]

Among the plethora of policy failures under the previous Government, such as regional spatial strategies, parking and density targets, was the fact that between 1997 and 2005, 117,000 homes were built in floodplains. Does the document, which I strongly endorse and support, contain appropriate safeguards on residential development in floodplains?

[Greg Clark]

Yes, those protections remain.