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Flooding and drainage

  • How to prepare for a floodHelp and advice on how to protect your property and what to do after a flood
  • Who manages flood risk?Our responsibilities and the organisations we work with to manage flood risk
  • Land drainageWho owns the watercourse, e.g. ditches, dykes, streams and culverts, and their responsibilities
  • Get land drainage consentRequest consent to carry out works that may affect the flow of a watercourse
  • Drains, sewers and culvertsWhat to do about blocked drains, sewers and culverts
  • Report a flooding issueReport a burst water main, flooding on the road, blocked drains and damage to utility equipment

More in this section

  • Unblocktober 2023
  • Local Flood Risk Management Strategy
  • Flood investigations
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