Legal & Prof

Closing the floodgates

By Mark Jansen, Mark Jansen Mark Jansen07 October 2005

Water repellent: the Thames barrier provides a strong level of defence in the London area, but developers still need

New planning rules are being considered to guard against the risk of flooding, but there are fears that more regulation will unnecessarily hinder development.

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