THE 100,000 new homes Buckinghamshire Council says are planned for the county over 20 years have prompted warnings about more frequent flooding.

Conservative councillors raised concerns that the new Labour government’s proposed reforms to national planning policy and plans to build 1.5 million new homes over this parliament could see new development in areas of Buckinghamshire at higher flood risk.

If approved, the reforms would see the annual number of homes required to be built in Buckinghamshire rise by 42 per cent from 2,912 to 4,122.

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