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Old 06-07-2012, 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Martin Brown View Post
I can think of several places locally where planning permission has been
sought and given on land that anyone with local knowledge would never
buy a house on. And not necessarily just near rivers some areas form
natural ponds due to a dish shaped configuration of the land.
The insurers ought to have the right to refuse to insure new properties in such locations. Then the houses would be unsaleable, and hence unbuildable. It's the only way to stop it. (And keep down the insurance premiums for the rest of us.)