Land drainage and flood defence responsibilities / Institution of Civil Engineers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drainage.

Drainage laws--Great Britain.

Drainage laws.

Flood control.

Flood control--Law and legislation--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (168 pages)

Edition:

Fifth edition.

Place of Publication:

London : ICE Publishing, 2016.

Summary:

'Land Drainage and Flood Defence Responsibilities' offers practical, engineering-focused coverage of the legislation relating to water management, flood risk and drainage.

Contents:

Intro

Abbreviations

Statutory definitions

T339-01.pdf

Scope of land drainage

General principles

Statutory functions

Figure 1.1

Principal statutes

Environment Act 1995

Water Resources Act 1991

Land Drainage Act 1991

The Water Framework Directive 2000

The Floods Directive

Flood and Water Management Act 2010

T339-02.pdf

England

Introduction

Policy

Roles and responsibilities of parties

Grant aid

Advisory function

Wales

Scotland

Figure 2.2

Northern Ireland

Designated watercourses

T339-03.pdf

Supervisory duty

Figure 3.3

Surveying duty

Principal powers - main rivers and ordinary watercourses

Designation of main rivers

Powers to ensure maintenance of flow in watercourses

Powers to require repairs to watercourses, bridges and other infrastructure

Incidental powers

Directions to IDBs

Power to carry out schemes for small areas

Power to make byelaws

Flood warning systems

Tidal flooding and coastal erosion

Financing of land drainage functions

General aims and environmental duties

T339-04.pdf

Functions and constitution

Financial arrangements for IDBs

Drainage rates and special levies

Differential rates

Figure 4.4

Higher land water contribution (HLWC) from the Environment Agency to the IDB

Additional funding

Environment Agency precept (from IDB to Environment Agency)

T339-05.pdf

Outline of powers - England and Wales

English district councils

Principal powers

Public Health Act 1936

Figure 5.5

Highways Act 1980

Local Government Act 1972

Section 106 planning obligations

Community Infrastructure Levy

English and Welsh county councils and unitary authorities

Functions

Powers as a drainage body.

Drainage powers as a highway authority

Planning matters

The London authorities

Scottish local authorities

Northern Ireland local authorities

T339-06.pdf

Riparian rights and duties

Figure 6.6

Nuisance

Obstruction to flow - consent procedure

Disputes regarding ditches

Disputes between neighbours

Powers of entry

Problems regarding grant aid

Flooding emergencies

Artificial watercourses

Obstruction and flooding

T339-07.pdf

Difference between a public sewer and a watercourse

Guidelines for differentiation

Definition of a public sewer

Two basic questions

Figure 7.7

What is a sewer?

Judicial interpretation

Tests to check the status of a public sewer

Transfer of Private Sewers Regulations 2011

Supplementary transfer scheme

T339-08.pdf

Figure 8.8

T339-09.pdf

Figure 9.9

T339-10.pdf

Planning procedures

Consideration of land drainage matters

Conditions for consent

Planning obligations

Requirement for information and advice

Requirements for works, agreements etc.

Further practical considerations

T339-11.pdf

National Planning Policy Framework

Risk-based approach

Sequential test

Exception test

Responsibilities for developments in a flood plain

Planning policy - Northern Ireland

T339-12.pdf

Ownership problems

Figure 12.10

Filling in or culverting

Powers of diversion

Culverts under highways

Acceptance of other flows

Drainage to existing sewers

Runoff onto highways

Right of statutory undertakers to discharge into a ditch or watercourse

Ditches maintained by the highway authority

Highway or land drain

T339-13.pdf

Summary of problems

Control over culverting

Practical problems associated with culverting.

Legal problems associated with culverting

Culverted watercourses - Northern Ireland

T339-14.pdf

Policy framework

Environment Agency funding

Lead local flood authority expenditure

Internal drainage boards

Environmental aspects

Economic assessment

Maintenance

Legislation

Coast Protection Act 1949

Administration

Application and formal approval

Payments and grant rates

Useful publications

Contributions

Development

Betterment and commutation of liabilities

Windfalls

Bridges

The 6-year programme

Devolved governments

T339-15.pdf

Coal Mining Subsidence Act 1991

Mining codes

Pollution of watercourses

T339-16.pdf

Figure 16.11

T339-17.pdf

Environmental obligations

Environment, water and land drainage Acts

Figure 17.12

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

Conservation (Natural Habitats, etc.) Regulations 1994

Other designations

Environmental impact assessment

What is an environmental impact assessment?

When is an environmental assessment required?

Where planning consent is required

Where planning consent is not required

Preparing the ES

Best practice

Publicity and submission procedures

T339-18.pdf

Websites

Books, updated loose-leaf volumes, reports and articles

T339-19_ap1.pdf

Statutes

Statutory Instruments

EU Directives and Regulations

Government policy guidance

Circulars

Codes of Practice

T339-20_ap2.pdf

T339-21_ap3.pdf

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Customer Contact Unit

Environment Agency

Department for Communities and Local Government

Welsh Government

Office of the First Minister

Minister for Natural Resources.

Wales Office, Cardiff

Coal Authority

Mining Records

Scottish Government

Office of the Permanent Secretary

Environment and Forestry Director

Legal and Parliamentary Services

Northern Ireland Government

Office of the First and Deputy First Minister

Department for Infrastructure

T339-99_index.pdf.

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on February 9, 2017).

ISBN:

0-7277-6064-5

1-5231-0566-6

OCLC:

962452647