Including the closely related terms flooding, and flood.
… to review and update current policies, as well as develop new ones, which will take all of this into account. Climate change principles will be embedded in the new Local Plan. We are following the statutory guidance in relation to biodiversity net gain. Katya Fox Medium-term: 3-7yrs 1.2 Ensure planning policy reflects the need to avoid substantial development on flood plains…
…. The national planning policy already sets out where and what type of development can take place within the different flood zones. Floodplains fall into flood zone 3b, which is automatically excluded when developing a spatial strategy in a Local Plan. Katya Fox Medium-term: 3-7yrs 1.3 Ensure all new homes with parking have an electric vehicle (EV) charging point installed. Electric car…
… charging is covered by Building Regs (Part S) - every new home with associated parking must have an EV charge point. Tom James Medium-term: 3-7yrs 1.4 Reduce the impact of flooding. Supporting flood alleviation work and ensuring planning policies mitigate against flooding. Work to improve Queens Park in Caterham has included flood alleviation measures. Tom James/ Alex Webber Medium…
…-term: 3-7yrs 1.5 Ensure any regeneration schemes for town centres encourage greenery, planting of trees and innovative ways to absorb rainwater to alleviate flooding. Croydon Road in Caterham is being redeveloped to extend the pavement space to more greenery, planting of trees and new rain gardens to absorb water running off the road to help alleviate flooding. Work to improve…
… Queens Park in Caterham has included flood alleviation measures. Tom James/ Alex Webber Medium-term: 3-7yrs 2.1 Ensure play areas include provision of green and natural features. A Playground Strategy is being developed which will include a plan for BNG and educational information signs to encourage biodiversity. One of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund projects is about installing bio…