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Employment Land and Flood Risk Avoidance
RG 1NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)
Employment land should avoid, where possible, areas at risk from flooding (RG 1).
commercialindustrialflood-riskDevelopment involving hazardous substances and polluting uses in flood-risk areas
6.14NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)
Development likely to give rise to significant levels of environmental pollution in the event of damage caused by flooding will be discouraged because of the residual flood risk in defended areas. The
industrialfire-safetysite-planningExceptions to Undefended Area Policy
6.19NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)
However, it is recognised that in certain cases, development or infrastructure has to be in such locations, as alternative lower flood risk sites would be neither practical nor available. Exceptions t
flood-risksite-planningindustrialEconomic development in flood plains
6.25-6.26NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)
While most economic development is best located outside of flood plains, it is accepted that certain projects because of their nature, size or site specific requirements, may require a site that happe
non-domesticcommercialindustrialflood-riskFlood 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-riskMinor Development
NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)
Minor Development non residential extensions (Industrial/Commercial/Leisure etc) with a footprint less than 150 sq metres Alterations: development that does not increase the size of buildings, eg alte
dwellingcommercialindustrial