Decision details

To approve and adopt the Worcestershire Land Drainage Protocol.

Report.

RECOMMENDED that

1)         subject to the Council’s subsequent approval of the financial implications, the land drainage and flooding policies and protocols attached at Appendices 1 to 5 to the report,as recommended by the Overview & Scrutiny Committee on 17 June 2009, be approved; and

2)         the Deputy Chief Executive, in consultation with the relevant Portfolio Holder, be authorised to amend the Council’s land drainage and flooding policies and protocols as appropriate to take account of subsequent changes to the draft legislation.

(It was agreed that a letter be sent on behalf of the Committee to Worcestershire County Council outlining Members’ concern that the cleansing of highways gullies be treated as a matter of urgency given the potential impact on flood prevention on a failure to maintain these assets).