Source · Select Committees · Environmental Audit Committee
Recommendation 3
3
Not Addressed
Absence of agreed national standard for flood resilient properties and communities
Conclusion
We are concerned that there is still no agreed national standard for what constitutes a flood resilient property, system, or community. This absence undermines public understanding, weakens accountability, and makes 57 it harder to prioritise investment or measure progress. Without a clear benchmark, resilience remains a vague ambition rather than a deliverable goal. We believe England urgently needs to define what flood resilience means, and commit to delivering it. (Conclusion, Paragraph 23)
Government response summary AI-generated
The government response acknowledges surface water risk and the importance of improved mapping, highlighting existing duties under the Flood and Water Management Act 2010. However, it does not commit to defining a national standard for flood resilient property, system, or community, which the committee stated was missing.
Government Response
The government responded to this report on 23 December 2025. No passage in that response could be matched to this conclusion. Read the response document ↗