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Flood Plains Function and Development Risk
Flood plains store and convey water during floods and are critical to flood management systems; new development in flood plains increases flood risk both to itself and elsewhere.
Flood plains store and convey water during times of flood and are critically important to the functioning of the wider flood management system. New development within a flood plain will not only be at risk of flooding itself, but will add to the risk of flooding elsewhere. The cumulative effect of
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