Report of a review of the arrangements for determining responsibility for surface water and drainage assets
Document Status
Current
Supplement
Core Supplement
Abstract
Reports on the independent review carried out by David Jenkins, which looked at who is responsible for surface water and drainage assets within the context of flooding. Covers: sustainable drainage, planning system, Schedule 3 to the Flood and Water Management Act and adoption and maintenance of SuDS, Section 19 investigations, asset registers, designation of assets, who is responsible for what - individuals' and communities' experiences, partnership arrangements, riparian and land owners' responsibilities, dispute resolution arrangements, flood risk mapping and property resilience, and resourcing surface water flood risk management.
Subjects
- Civil engineering, infrastructure and public utilities
- Environmental planning/land
- Other planning disciplines
- Waste planning
- Public health/water engineering
- Planning and development
- Flood management
- Water catchment and supply, sewerage
- Sewerage/drainage
Publisher History
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is a UK Government department. They are committed to tackling climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and work to secure a healthy, resilient, productive and diverse natural environment. This work has formerly been carried out by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Department of the Environment.
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