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Housing Growth and Flood Risk Management
RG 8NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)
Housing growth should be managed so that it mitigates the risk of flooding by avoiding those areas known to be at risk (RG 8).
dwellingflatsflood-riskDevelopment involving significant intensification of use in flood-risk areas
6.15NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)
Development involving a significant intensification of use, such as the conversion of a single dwelling unit to a number of apartments, would be liable to expose more people to the residual flood risk
dwellingflatsfire-safetysite-planningFlood Avoidance as Primary Strategy
E11NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)
Notwithstanding the various flood proofing measures that may be available to manage and mitigate flood risk, it is stressed that the practice of flood avoidance, by locating new buildings and infrastr
non-domesticdwellingflatscommercialindustrialsite-planningflood-risk