PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)·Page 21·4.18
Sustainability Appraisal and Flood Risk Assessment
Development plans must undergo sustainability appraisal under the 2015 Act, which incorporates environmental, social and economic effects; failure to address flood risk will be considered a negative impact across all three dimensions.
The Planning Act (NI) 2015 requires development plans to be subjected to a sustainability appraisal which will incorporate consideration of the environmental effects of the development plan as identified by the SEA, and also its wider social and economic effects. Failure to address flood risk as outlined shall be viewed as resulting in negative social and economic impacts as well as environmental.
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