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Responsibility for drainage

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Rural drainage

Road, house and countryside

You can report flooding or issues that could cause flooding to the owner or organisation responsible:

  • Piped ditches are the responsibility of adjacent landowner for maintenance
  • Roadside hedges and trees are the responsibility of adjacent landowner for maintenance
  • Verges are our responsibility for maintenance
  • Highway grips (the drainage channels dug from the road to the ditch) are our responsibility for maintenance
  • Roadside ditches are the responsibility of adjacent landowner for maintenance

Last updated 22 May 2023