ABI warns housebuilders about floodplain risk
Further building on the floodplain should be avoided as climate change increases the flood risk the Association of British Insurers said today. In the last four years nearly 800 new housing developments have been built in high flood risk areas against the advice of the Environment Agency.
In London alone 500,000 properties, 200 schools, 16 hospitals, and 8 power stations are already situated in the floodplain. Speaking at the Housebuilding 2006 Conference today, Jane Milne, the ABI’s
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