Notice

Proposed reconstitution of the Waveney, Lower Yare, and Lothingland Internal Drainage Board, reducing the number of elected members from 18 to 9

Published 3 April 2025

Applies to England and Wales

Published: 3 April 2025

Consultation period end date: 3 May 2025

The Environment Agency gives notice that it has submitted to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for confirmation a scheme under Section 3 of the Land Drainage Act 1991 making provision for the following matters:

  • the reconstitution of the Waveney, Lower Yare, and Lothingland Internal Drainage Board, reducing the number of elected members from 18 to 9
  • any matters relating to or following from the reconstitution

A copy of the Scheme has been deposited and is available for inspection during office hours at the offices of the Environment Agency and the Water Management Alliance, at:

Environment Agency, (East Anglia Area)

Iceni House, Cobham Road, Ipswich IP3 9JD

Contact: Aaron Dixey, Flood and Coastal Risk Manager Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk

email: aaron.dixey@environment-agency.gov.uk

Telephone: 02077 141864

or

Phil Camamile, Chief Executive

Water Management Alliance, Pierpoint House, 28 Horsley’s Fields, King’s Lynn, Norfolk PE30 5DD

email: phil.camamile@wlma.org.uk

Telephone: 01553 819600

Representations with respect to the scheme may be made to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Flood Risk Management Team, 3rd Floor, Seacole House, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DF at any time within one month after the publication of this Notice.

Contact: Carol Tidmarsh

email address: carol.tidmarsh@defra.gov.uk 

Telephone: 0208 026 2851

A copy of any representations should also be sent to:

Barbara Tyldesley, Senior Legal Assistant

Environment Agency, 8, City Walk, Leeds LS11 9AT

email: barbara.tyldesley@environment-agency.gov.uk

Telephone: 02030 256390