Policy information sourced from the Broxbourne Local Plan
W5: Flood Risk
The functional floodplain will be protected from development. Wherever possible, developed areas within Flood Zone 3b should be returned to Greenfield status with an enhanced level of biodiversity.
Overland flow routes and flood storage areas will be protected from all development.
Development proposals, including the raising of land, in areas at risk from flooding will only be considered if they pass the flood risk sequential test and if necessary, the exception test and they do not:
- increase the risk of flooding elsewhere;
- impede flood water flows, unless by design;
- endanger river channel stability;
- reduce the capacity of the floodplain.
Redevelopment on Floodplains
Any proposal for intensification or redevelopment of a site within Flood Zone 3, as currently defined, must include on-site flood storage and flood resilient features
For more information please see the Local Plan