Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 6 March 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will bring forward legislative proposals aimed at ensuring that all new properties are fitted with flood resistant bricks.
Building work must meet the functional requirements of schedule 1 to the building regulations. Approved Documents provide guidance on means of compliance with the relevant functional requirements. There is no obligation to adopt any particular solution given in an Approved Document and other methods and materials may be suitable in the particular circumstances.
It is Government policy to ensure that the building regulations are material and technology-neutral to avoid inhibiting product innovation. Flood resistance can be delivered in a number of ways and flood resistant bricks are not the only method.
Approved Document C, ‘Site preparation and resistance to contaminants and moisture’, refers to advice on flood resilience set out in the joint DCLG/DEFRA/Environment Agency publication, ‘Improving the flood performance of new buildings—flood resilient construction’. This document provides advice on the flood resistance and resilience of different construction materials.
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