Explanatory note

This Order confirms a Scheme submitted by the Environment Agency for the amalgamation of the Went Internal Drainage District, the Knottingley to Gowdall Internal Drainage District, the Dearne and Dove Internal Drainage District and the Dun Internal Drainage District into one new internal drainage district (“the Danvm Internal Drainage District”). The Went Internal Drainage Board, the Knottingley to Gowdall Internal Drainage Board, the Dearne and Dove Internal Drainage Board and the Dun Drainage Commissioners are abolished and a new internal drainage board (“the Danvm Drainage Commissioners”) is constituted for the new internal drainage district.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.