2023 Action Scorecards

Action Scorecards 2023

Question: Has the council committed to avoiding new building developments on the functional flood plain?

Question code: 3.8
Section: Planning & Land Use
Topic: Flood plain
Source: Volunteer Research
Question weight: Low

Criteria

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.

Clarifications

The functional flood plain is defined as a 3b flood plain by local authorities in England and Scotland, and Zone C in Wales: ttps://www.ambiental.co.uk/flood-zones/

The functional flood plain is the most at risk area for flooding.

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Single Tier District Northern Ireland

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102 district councils

1 point

62 district councils

Council	Score	Evidence
Ashfield District Council	1/1	ashfield.gov.uk
Bolsover District Council	1/1	bolsover.gov.uk
Borough of Broxbourne	1/1	broxbourne.gov.uk
Cambridge City Council	1/1	cambridge.gov.uk
Chorley Council	1/1	centrallocalplan.lancashire.gov.uk
Colchester Borough Council	1/1	cbccrmdata.blob.core.windows.net
Dacorum Council	1/1	dacorum.gov.uk
Dover District Council	1/1	doverdistrictlocalplan.co.uk
East Devon District Council	1/1	eastdevon.gov.uk
East Hertfordshire District Council	1/1	bishopsstortfordtc.gov.uk
Eastleigh Borough Council	1/1	eastleigh.gov.uk
Elmbridge Borough Council	1/1	elmbridge.gov.uk consult.elmbridge.gov.uk
Epping Forest District Council	1/1	eppingforestdc.gov.uk
Gloucester City Council	1/1	gloucester.gov.uk
Guildford Borough Council	1/1	guildford.gov.uk
Harborough District Council	1/1
Harlow Council	1/1	harlow.gov.uk
Hertsmere Borough Council	1/1	hertsmere.gov.uk firebasestorage.googleapis.com hertsmere.gov.uk
Horsham District Council	1/1	strategicplanning.horsham.gov.uk strategicplanning.horsham.gov.uk
Huntingdonshire District Council	1/1	huntingdonshire.gov.uk huntingdonshire.gov.uk
Hyndburn Borough Council	1/1	hyndburnbc.gov.uk hyndburnbc.gov.uk gov.uk gov.uk
Ipswich Borough Council	1/1	ipswich.gov.uk
King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council	1/1	west-norfolk.gov.uk west-norfolk.gov.uk west-norfolk.gov.uk gov.uk gov.uk
Lancaster City Council	1/1	lancaster.gov.uk
Malvern Hills District Council	1/1	swdevelopmentplan.org
Melton Borough Council	1/1	meltonplan.co.uk
Mid Devon District Council	1/1	middevon.gov.uk
Mid Sussex District Council	1/1	midsussex.gov.uk
Mole Valley District Council	1/1	futuremolevalley.org
Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council	1/1	newcastle-staffs.gov.uk
New Forest District Council	1/1	newforestnpa.gov.uk
North East Derbyshire District Council	1/1	ne-derbyshire.gov.uk
North Hertfordshire District Council	1/1	north-herts.gov.uk
North Warwickshire Borough Council	1/1	northwarks.gov.uk
North West Leicestershire District Council	1/1	nwleics.gov.uk
Norwich City Council	1/1	gnlp.org.uk
Oadby and Wigston Borough Council	1/1	oadby-wigston.gov.uk
Oxford City Council	1/1	oxford.gov.uk
Pendle Borough Council	1/1	pendle.gov.uk
Preston City Council	1/1	centrallocalplan.lancashire.gov.uk
Reigate & Banstead Borough Council	1/1	reigate-banstead.gov.uk
Ribble Valley Borough Council	1/1	marking.councilclimatescorecards.uk
Rossendale Borough Council	1/1	rossendale.gov.uk
Runnymede Borough Council	1/1	runnymede.gov.uk
Rushmoor Borough Council	1/1	rushmoor.gov.uk
Sevenoaks District Council	1/1	engagement.sevenoaks.gov.uk
South Cambridgeshire District Council	1/1	cambridge.gov.uk
South Ribble Borough Council	1/1	centrallocalplan.lancashire.gov.uk
Stratford-on-Avon District Council	1/1	stratford.gov.uk
Thanet District Council	1/1	thanet.gov.uk
Three Rivers District Council	1/1	threerivers.gov.uk
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council	1/1	tunbridgewells.gov.uk
Uttlesford District Council	1/1	uttlesford.gov.uk
Vale of White Horse District Council	1/1	whitehorsedc.gov.uk
Warwick District Council	1/1	warwickdc.gov.uk
Watford Borough Council	1/1	watford.gov.uk
West Lancashire Borough Council	1/1	westlancs.gov.uk
West Oxfordshire District Council	1/1	westoxon.gov.uk
Woking Borough Council	1/1	woking2027.info
Worcester City Council	1/1	swdevelopmentplan.org
Wychavon District Council	1/1	swdevelopmentplan.org
Wyre Council	1/1	wyre.gov.uk
Adur District Council	0/1
Amber Valley Borough Council	0/1
Arun District Council	0/1
Ashford Borough Council	0/1
Babergh District Council	0/1
Basildon Borough Council	0/1
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council	0/1
Bassetlaw District Council	0/1
Blaby District Council	0/1
Boston Borough Council	0/1
Braintree District Council	0/1
Breckland District Council	0/1
Brentwood Borough Council	0/1
Broadland District Council	0/1
Bromsgrove District Council	0/1
Broxtowe Borough Council	0/1
Burnley Borough Council	0/1
Cannock Chase District Council	0/1
Canterbury City Council	0/1
Castle Point Borough Council	0/1
Charnwood Borough Council	0/1
Chelmsford City Council	0/1
Cheltenham Borough Council	0/1
Cherwell District Council	0/1
Chesterfield Borough Council	0/1
Chichester District Council	0/1
City of Lincoln Council	0/1
Cotswold District Council	0/1
Crawley Borough Council	0/1
Dartford Borough Council	0/1
Derbyshire Dales District Council	0/1
Eastbourne Borough Council	0/1
East Cambridgeshire District Council	0/1
East Hampshire District Council	0/1
East Lindsey District Council	0/1
East Staffordshire Borough Council	0/1
East Suffolk Council	0/1
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council	0/1
Erewash Borough Council	0/1
Exeter City Council	0/1
Fareham Borough Council	0/1
Fenland District Council	0/1
Folkestone and Hythe District Council	0/1
Forest of Dean District Council	0/1
Fylde Borough Council	0/1
Gedling Borough Council	0/1
Gosport Borough Council	0/1
Gravesham Borough Council	0/1
Great Yarmouth Borough Council	0/1
Hart District Council	0/1
Hastings Borough Council	0/1
Havant Borough Council	0/1
High Peak Borough Council	0/1
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council	0/1
Lewes District Council	0/1
Lichfield District Council	0/1
Maidstone Borough Council	0/1
Maldon District Council	0/1
Mansfield District Council	0/1
Mid Suffolk District Council	0/1
Newark and Sherwood District Council	0/1
North Devon Council	0/1
North Kesteven District Council	0/1
North Norfolk District Council	0/1
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council	0/1
Redditch Borough Council	0/1
Rochford District Council	0/1
Rother District Council	0/1
Rugby Borough Council	0/1
Rushcliffe Borough Council	0/1
South Derbyshire District Council	0/1
South Hams District Council	0/1
South Holland District Council	0/1
South Kesteven District Council	0/1
South Norfolk District Council	0/1
South Oxfordshire District Council	0/1
South Staffordshire Council	0/1
Spelthorne Borough Council	0/1
Stafford Borough Council	0/1
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council	0/1
St Albans City and District Council	0/1
Stevenage Borough Council	0/1
Stroud District Council	0/1
Surrey Heath Borough Council	0/1
Swale Borough Council	0/1
Tamworth Borough Council	0/1
Tandridge District Council	0/1
Teignbridge District Council	0/1
Tendring District Council	0/1
Test Valley Borough Council	0/1
Tewkesbury Borough Council	0/1
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council	0/1
Torridge District Council	0/1
Waverley Borough Council	0/1
Wealden District Council	0/1
Welwyn Hatfield Council	0/1
West Devon Borough Council	0/1
West Lindsey District Council	0/1
West Suffolk Council	0/1
Winchester City Council	0/1
Worthing Borough Council	0/1
Wyre Forest District Council	0/1