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Representation ID: 6788

Received: 24/09/2009

Respondent: Mr & Mrs Peter & Linda Bromley

23. Why are you proposing to build on flood plains? Householders will not be able to get insurance. In planning law, any flood alleviation schemes have to be approved by the Environment Agency but don't have to be implemented until the end of a development. The development could take years or not ever finish, such as Pottertons or Chase Meadow, and meanwhile residents are at an increased risk of flooding. Will you make it a condition of any development that flood alleviation measures are put in place before development begins?