PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)·Page 44·6.48
Sustainable development impact of watercourse modification
Artificial modification of watercourses is likely to conflict with sustainable development objectives set out in the Water Framework Directive, Floods Directive, and Northern Ireland Sustainable Development Strategy.
The artificial modification of watercourses is likely to have impacts which run contrary to the objectives of sustainable development as embodied in the Water Framework Directive, the Floods Directive and the Northern Ireland Sustainable Development Strategy.
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