Flood risk management and funding
This briefing paper provides an overview of flood and coastal risk management in the UK, including which bodies manage risk, current policy on flood risk management, and how flood funding works.
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Publicity for planning application (150KB PDF)
• This note describes the statutory publicity requirements before a planning application can be determined.
• When an application has been approved without the proper publicity requirements, it is possible to complain to the local Government Ombudsman, who might pay a modest amount of compensation in certain cases, but not revoke the planning consent.
• The Labour Government required local authorities to publicise applications on the internet. However, they did not remove the obligation to advertise applications in local newspapers as well.
Documents to download
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Publicity for planning application (150KB PDF)
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