Floods: Property Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what proportion of local planning authorities have granted planning permission for a development against an Environment Agency flood risk objection in each of the last five years; (279436)

(2) what proportion of planning applications have been granted against Environment Agency advice on flood risk in each of the last five years.

[holding answers 12 and 15 June 2009]: The following table shows the proportion of local planning authorities (LPAs) who have given planning permission for a development against an Environment Agency flood risk objection.

*Proportion of LPAs who made decisions against Environment Agency advice*
	Percentage
2003-04	29.9
2004-05	35.8
2005-06	26.1
2006-07	21.4
2007-08	23.5

The following table shows the proportion of planning applications that were approved against Environment Agency advice on flood risk.

*Proportion of decisions against Environment Agency advice*
	Percentage
2003-04	11.5
2004-05	8.1
2005-06	4.7
2006-07	4.0
2007-08	3.4

Volume 494: debated on Monday 22 June 2009