PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)·Page 71·D10
Flood Mitigation Measures
Mitigation strategies include site design to avoid flood-prone areas, raising floor levels, coastal infilling, and using flood-resistant and resilient construction.
Site design and layout such as siting built development so as to avoid areas of the site liable to flooding and flood flowpaths; Raising finished floor levels of new buildings; Coastal infilling / land raising; Flood resistant and resilient construction (refer to Annex E)
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