Land Drainage

 

Details: The Council is able to offer advice about problems associated with land drainage - ditches, streams, rivers and other watercourses. It is the land owners responsibility (upon whose land the watercourse is located) to carry out maintenance work. Works to watercourses will often require the consent of the Environment Agency.

 

 

"Land drainage" covers subjects such as rivers, ditches, culverts, streams, lakes, dams and ground water.

 

 

Land drainage responsibilities, who does what, what the Council is responsible for and what private landowners must do

 

 

More details about riparian ownership rights and responsibilities for land drainage