Understanding EA Flood Zones — what Flood Zone 1, 2 and 3 mean for your development

If you're buying land or bringing a site forward for development in England, flood risk is one of the first things a planning authority will look at — and one of the most common reasons a scheme runs into difficulty. Yet the flood zone system is widely misunderstood, and a surprising number of site appraisals

By |2026-09-22T18:36:15+00:00July 21st, 2026|Featured, Geoscience, Geoscreen, News, Technology, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Understanding EA Flood Zones — what Flood Zone 1, 2 and 3 mean for your development

12 ground risks that can affect your development site — and what the data actually show

Ground risk is one of the most underestimated challenges in property development. When we first wrote about this back in June, GeoScreen screened for nine geohazards, across England only. Since then the platform has grown: two further geohazards have been added — surface water flood risk and aggressive ground conditions — a separate Source Protection

By |2026-09-22T16:45:41+00:00June 14th, 2026|Geoscience, News|Comments Off on 12 ground risks that can affect your development site — and what the data actually show
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