Drainage charges for occupiers of land in the Anglian area

Question

Accepted Answer

The general drainage charge only applies to the Environment Agency’s Anglian area, which is Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire and East Anglia areas.

The charge applies to occupiers of:

agricultural land and buildings which fall outside the boundary of an internal drainage board
areas participating in a Defra scheme, such as ‘set aside’ land
commercial woodlands
woodlands planted under a Defra or Forestry Commission scheme

Annual general drainage charge invoices

The Environment Agency will send you an annual invoice around 1 April each year for the period 1 April to 31 March.

The occupier of the land on 1 April must pay the full annual charge.

If you have a mixture of both chargeable and non-chargeable land you will only pay the charge for the chargeable land.

Regional Flood and Coastal Committee	Charge (pence per hectare)
Anglian Great Ouse	216.46
Anglian eastern	391.81
Anglian northern	279.23

The money raised from the charge contributes towards the cost of maintaining and improving:

Work carried out can include:

If you have any questions about your charges or your invoice contact the Environment Agency.

General enquiries

National Customer Contact Centre
PO Box 544
Rotherham
S60 1BY

Telephone 03708 506 506

Telephone from outside the UK (Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm GMT) +44 (0) 114 282 5312

Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm.