House Builders Association Newsletter 2025 – Issue 16
This HBA Newsletter covers updates to surface flood risk tests after several appeals were rejected last year for being inadequate. Also included is how some local planning authorities have registered their dismay at the Court of Appeal's upholding of a ministerial statement blocking local energy standards, and a new paper from Policy Exchange advocating for the construction of more affordable housing.
Created: 19 August 2025
Last Reviewed: 19 August 2025
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Changes to the sequential test – surface water issues
On 8 August Planning reported that the past year had seen a string of appeals refused on the grounds that developers had either not carried out surface water flood risk sequential tests
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