Question · Action Scorecards 2025
Points awarded if the Local Plan states that there is a ban, or avoidance to building on the functional flood plain.
The criteria will also be met if a policy states that any new development will only replace the footprint of current development.
The functional flood plain is defined as a 3b flood plain by local authorities in England and Scotland, and Zone C in Wales: https://www.ambiental.co.uk/flood-zones/
The functional floodplain is the most at risk area for flooding.
If the policy makes clear that in Flood Zone 3b (or Zone C) only essential infrastructure and water compatible uses, as defined in the 2023 NPPF, will be allowed then this will be enough to get the points.
When marking the Planning section we will assess a Regulation 19 draft local plan or the latest adopted Local Plan or Supplementary Planning Document from the council.
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district councils
| Council | Score | Difference2023 | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amber Valley Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Ashfield District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Bolsover District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Borough of Broxbourne | 1/1 | -- | |
| Brentwood Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Cambridge City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Chorley Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Colchester Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Dacorum Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Dover District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| East Devon District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Epping Forest District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Gedling Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Gloucester City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Gosport Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Guildford Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Harborough District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Harlow Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Hertsmere Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Horsham District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Huntingdonshire District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Hyndburn Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Ipswich Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council
Evidence | 1/1 | -- | |
| Lancaster City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Lewes District Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Malvern Hills District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Melton Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Mid Devon District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Mid Sussex District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Mole Valley District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| New Forest District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| North East Derbyshire District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| North Hertfordshire District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| North Norfolk District Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| North Warwickshire Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Oadby and Wigston Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Preston City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Reigate & Banstead Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Ribble Valley Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Rugby Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Runnymede Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Rushmoor Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| South Oxfordshire District Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| South Ribble Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| South Staffordshire Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Spelthorne Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Stafford Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Stratford-on-Avon District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Surrey Heath Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Tendring District Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Three Rivers District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Tunbridge Wells Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Vale of White Horse District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Warwick District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Watford Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Wealden District Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| West Lancashire Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| West Oxfordshire District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Woking Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Worcester City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Wychavon District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
Adur District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Arun District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Ashford Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Babergh District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Basildon Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Bassetlaw District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Blaby District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Boston Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Braintree District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Breckland District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Broadland District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Bromsgrove District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Broxtowe Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Burnley Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Cannock Chase District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Canterbury City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Castle Point Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Charnwood Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Chelmsford City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Cheltenham Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Cherwell District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Chesterfield Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Chichester District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
City of Lincoln Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Cotswold District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Crawley Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Dartford Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Derbyshire Dales District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Eastbourne Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
East Cambridgeshire District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
East Hampshire District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
East Hertfordshire District Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Eastleigh Borough Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
East Lindsey District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
East Staffordshire Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
East Suffolk Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Elmbridge Borough Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Erewash Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Exeter City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Fareham Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Fenland District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Folkestone and Hythe District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Forest of Dean District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Fylde Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Gravesham Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Great Yarmouth Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Hart District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Hastings Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Havant Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
High Peak Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Lichfield District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Maidstone Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Maldon District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Mansfield District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Mid Suffolk District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Newark and Sherwood District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
North Devon Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
North Kesteven District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
North West Leicestershire District Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Norwich City Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Oxford City Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | No evidence found |
Pendle Borough Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Redditch Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Rochford District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Rossendale Borough Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Rother District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Rushcliffe Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Sevenoaks District Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | No evidence found |
South Cambridgeshire District Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
South Derbyshire District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
South Hams District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
South Holland District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
South Kesteven District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
South Norfolk District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
St Albans City and District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Stevenage Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Stroud District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Swale Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Tamworth Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Tandridge District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Teignbridge District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Test Valley Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Tewkesbury Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Thanet District Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Torridge District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Uttlesford District Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Waverley Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Welwyn Hatfield Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
West Devon Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
West Lindsey District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
West Suffolk Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Winchester City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Worthing Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Wyre Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | No evidence found |
Wyre Forest District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |