Independent report

Surface water and drainage: review of responsibilities

Review of the arrangements for determining responsibility for surface water and drainage assets.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 26 August 2020
• Last updated: 30 July 2021 — See all updates

Documents

Report of a review of the arrangements for determining responsibility for surface water and drainage assets

Ref: PB14629

PDF, 348 KB, 69 pages

Details

In October 2019, we commissioned an independent review of the arrangements for determining responsibility for surface water and drainage assets. The review was carried out by David Jenkins.

The government immediately accepted 12 of the recommendations on publication in August 2020. It has now considered the review in full and has accepted 24 out of the 28 recommendations.

See the government response to the review, published in July 2021.

Published 26 August 2020
Last updated 30 July 2021 + show all updates

1. 30 July 2021

   Updated the Details section and added a link to the government response to the review.

2. 26 August 2020

   First published.