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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Megan Howe

'Worrying' number of new homes in London are being built in flood risk areas

A third of constituencies seeing the most new homes built in flood-risk areas are located in London or Essex, according to new report.

Analysis by insurer Aviva reveals that 11% of the 396,602 new homes in England built between 2022 and 2024 were built in areas of medium or high risk of flooding, while more than a quarter (26%) have some flood risk.

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