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.
Or show scores by type of council
single tier councils
| Council | Score | Difference2023 | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Aberdeenshire Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Angus Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Argyll and Bute Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Bedford Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Bracknell Forest Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Bradford Metropolitan District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Buckinghamshire Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
Cheshire West and Chester Council
Evidence | 1/1 | -- | |
| City of Edinburgh Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Clackmannanshire Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | 1/1 | -- | |
| Cornwall Council (Unitary) | 1/1 | -- | |
| Coventry City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Cumberland Council | 1/1 | NA | |
| Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Dumfries and Galloway Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Dundee City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Durham County Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| East Ayrshire Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| East Dunbartonshire Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| East Lothian Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| East Renfrewshire Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| East Riding of Yorkshire Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Falkirk Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Fife Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Glasgow City Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Halton Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Herefordshire Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Inverclyde Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Kingston-upon-Hull City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Kirklees Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Leeds City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Leicester City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Barking and Dagenham | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| London Borough of Barnet | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Bexley | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Brent | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Croydon | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Hillingdon | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Lambeth | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Merton | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Redbridge | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Richmond upon Thames | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Southwark | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Sutton | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| London Borough of Wandsworth | 1/1 | -- | |
| Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Midlothian Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Milton Keynes | 1/1 | -- | |
| Monmouthshire County Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| North Ayrshire Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| North East Lincolnshire Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| North Lanarkshire Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| North Northamptonshire Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Northumberland Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Orkney Islands Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Perth and Kinross Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Redcar and Cleveland Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Renfrewshire Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead | 1/1 | -- | |
| Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Scottish Borders Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Sheffield City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Shetland Islands Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Shropshire Council - Unitary | 1/1 | -- | |
| South Ayrshire Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| South Lanarkshire Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| South Tyneside Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Stirling Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Sunderland City Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| The Highland Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| The Moray Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Wakefield Metropolitan District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| West Berkshire Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| West Dunbartonshire Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| West Lothian Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Wokingham Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Wolverhampton City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Wrexham County Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
Bath and North East Somerset Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Birmingham City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Blackpool Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Bridgend County Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Brighton and Hove City Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Bristol City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | No evidence found |
Caerphilly County Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Cardiff Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Carmarthenshire County Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Central Bedfordshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Ceredigion County Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Cheshire East Council (Unitary)
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
City of London
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
City of York Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Conwy County Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Darlington Borough Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Denbighshire County Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Derby City Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Dorset Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Flintshire County Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Gwynedd County Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Hartlepool Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Isle of Anglesey County Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Isle of Wight Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Isles of Scilly
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | No evidence found |
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Liverpool City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Bromley
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Camden
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | No evidence found |
London Borough of Ealing
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Enfield
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Hackney
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Haringey
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Harrow
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Havering
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Hounslow
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Islington
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Lewisham
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Newham
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Waltham Forest
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Luton Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Manchester City Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Medway Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Middlesbrough Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Newport City Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
North Lincolnshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
North Somerset Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
North Yorkshire Council
| 0/1 | NA | No evidence found |
Nottingham City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Pembrokeshire County Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Peterborough City Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Plymouth City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Portsmouth City Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Powys County Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Reading Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Royal Borough of Greenwich
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Rutland County Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Salford City Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Slough Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Somerset Council
| 0/1 | NA | No evidence found |
Southampton City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
South Gloucestershire Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Stoke-on-Trent City Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Swansea City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Swindon Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Telford & Wrekin Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Thurrock Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Torbay Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Torfaen County Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Vale of Glamorgan Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Warrington Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Westminster City Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Westmorland and Furness Council
| 0/1 | NA | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
West Northamptonshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Wiltshire Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Wirral Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |