Opposition parties and environmental campaigners say the planning systems needs to be reformed.
The village of Crickhowell was cut off after the river Usk bursts its banks during Storm Dennis
She said this was because the government was still considering responses to a new consultation carried out on revised proposals.Record river levels following intense storms show how climate change is affecting Walesprogramme, the Welsh Conservatives' climate change spokeswoman Janet Finch-Saunders described the delay as "unacceptable".
Environmental campaigners have also expressed concern at the delay, with the chief scientist at Greenpeace UK Doug Parr telling the programme: "Every year, every month that we're installing things that need to be changed later is cost and difficulty.
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