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Fears for Even Greater Flood Chaos with Close to 20,000 Homes Considered
Nearly 3,000 homes were approved in high flood-risk areas despite Environment Agency objections, driven by legal limits on EA power and national housing targets, FOI data shows.
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The 3,000 homes at risk of flooding in England as councils ignore advice
Almost 3,000 homes have been built in areas at risk of flooding against the official advice of regulators, The i Paper can reveal. In the last ten years, councils across England have greenlit major housing developments despite objections from the Environment Agency that they are being built in areas of high flood risk, according to data obtained via a Freedom of Information request. Campaigners said local authorities were making “reckless mistak…
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