US Edition
'Future scandal' as thousands of new homes built in flood zones
Analysis shows 11% of 396,602 homes built between 2022 and 2024 face medium or high flood risk, with Greater London and Essex most affected, experts warn of planning policy issues.
- Analysis by insurer Aviva of homes built between 2022 and 2024 found 11% of 396,602 new homes in England are in medium or high flood-risk areas, with 26% facing some flood risk.
- Weakened planning rules combined with supply pressures such as high interest rates, rising costs, and a 22% drop in planning applications in 2023 have raised flood-risk homebuilding, analysts say.
- Using new-homes address data and EA assessments, Aviva found a third of the constituencies most affected are in Greater London and Essex, with London building around 32,000–35,000 homes annually between 2022 and 2024.
- Because homes built since 2009 are excluded from the Flood Re insurance scheme, Emma Howard Boyd warned this leaves recent homes unprotected and is "a future scandal waiting to happen".
- With scientists warning that parts of the UK face further flooding, by 2050 one in seven homes built will be at high or medium flood risk and nearly a third face some risk.
9 Articles
9 Articles
Sky News UK
Great Yorkshire RadioOne in nine new homes in England built in flood-prone areas, study shows
Analysis shows 11% of the new homes in England built between 2022 and 2024 are in areas at risk of flooding. A former chairwoman of the Environment Agency has described it as "a future scandal waiting to happen".
Proportion of new homes built in flood areas rises to one in nine
One in nine (11%) new homes in England constructed between 2022 and 2024 have been built in areas of medium or high risk of flooding, according to new analysis from insurer, Aviva.1 The analysis, which identifies new homes address data combined with the Environment Agency’s latest assessment of flood risk at constituency level1, shows there is a worrying upward trend of new homes being built in high-risk areas in recent years. The data reveals t…
Significant rise in proportion of new homes built in flood areas
One in nine (11%) new homes in England constructed between 2022 and 2024 have been built in areas of medium or high risk of flooding, according to new analysis from insurer, Aviva. The analysis, which identifies new homes address data combined with the Environment Agency’s latest assessment of flood risk at constituency level, shows there is a worrying upward trend of new homes being built in high-risk areas in recent years. The data reveals tha…
Thousands of new homes built in flood-risk zones across England, insurer warns
43,937 new homes built between 2022 and 2024 face medium or high flood risk. Around 26 per cent of new homes have some level of flooding exposure. Insurance payouts for flood damage are rising sharply across the UK.Around one in nine new homes in England built between 2022 and 2024 were constructed in areas that could now face flooding risk, according to new analysis from insurer Aviva. The flood risk new homes data highlights growing concern ab…
One in nine new homes in England built in flood risk zones
One in nine new homes in England were built in medium or high flood risk areas between 2022 and 2024, research from Aviva found. The study used data from the Environment Agency and Ordnance Survey to identify 43,937 out of 396,602 new homes in England built in areas at risk. Over a quarter of these new homes, 101,657 in total, had some risk of flooding. Between 2013 and 2022, 8% of new homes were built in flood risk zones. The latest research…
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 100% of the sources are Center
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
