| 1. | The proposed development creates a new planning unit and paragraph 102 of the National Planning Policy Framework outlines an exception test which states site-specific flood risk assessment must demonstrate that the development will be safe for its lifetime taking account of the vulnerability of its users, without increasing flood risk elsewhere, and, where possible, will reduce flood risk overall. The application site is within a flood zone 3 area in accordance with the Environmental Agency maps and has not provided a sufficient flood risk assessment meaning the application has not demonstrated that the site will be safe for its lifetime. Occupants of a single storey caravan structure are particularly at risk.
The development is considered contrary to policy CS13 of the adopted Core Strategy as the exception test is not met and a flood response plan has not been received.
Consequently, the Borough Council, as Local Planning Authority, considers that the proposal is contrary to paragraph 102 of the National Planning Policy Framework and policy CS13 of the Emerging Core Strategy. |
