{"id":163455,"date":"2025-10-29T00:21:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T17:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/raise-awareness-of-flood-risk-to-homes-letter\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T02:22:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T19:22:29","slug":"raise-awareness-of-flood-risk-to-homes-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/raise-awareness-of-flood-risk-to-homes-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"Raise awareness of flood risk to homes | Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nFiona Barbour says the government should implement the environmental audit committee\u2019s recommendations to mitigate against unpredictable weatherYour article (Nearly half of UK garden space is paved over, RHS study finds, 21 October) clearly highlighted the impact that paving can have on biodiversity. It also touched on the role that paving can have in increasing flood risk. It\u2019s good to see this issue acknowledged, but it ought to be sounding more alarm bells.Surface-water flooding is now the most common, and least understood, source of flooding in England \u2013 4.6m properties are at risk, according to a recent report by the environmental audit committee (EAC). With climate change leading to unpredictable weather, these issues are urgent. But the way flooding is managed is reactive and uncoordinated. The EAC report provides a roadmap to improve the situation and echoes the recommendations of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)\u00a0and other experts. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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