Tractor Tender

The Council has inherited responsibility, under the terms of various Inclosure Acts for the upkeep and maintenance of the Awarded Watercourses. Legal control of the watercourses is exercised using powers contained in the Land Drainage Act 1991 and later amendments as well as the Council's Land Drainage Byelaws, introduced in 1999. The Council uses its powers for land drainage, flood risk management and environmental enhancement purposes. Routine maintenance activities include flail mowing, aquatic weed-cutting, de-...