More than 5,000 homes in England approved to be built in flood zones

Flooding of the Thames around Oxford and Abingdon in February. Photograph: Greg Blatchford/Rex/Shutterstock

Flooding of the Thames around Oxford and Abingdon in February. Photograph: Greg Blatchford/Rex/Shutterstock

source https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/nov/22/more-than-5000-homes-in-england-approved-to-be-built-in-flood-zones