Paragraph 30 I1

In this Part of this Schedule—

• “construction” includes execution, placing, altering, replacing, relaying and removal and “construct” and “constructed” are to be construed accordingly;

• “drainage authority” means in relation to an ordinary watercourse, the drainage board concerned within the meaning of section 23 (prohibition on obstructions etc. in watercourses) of the Land Drainage Act 1991^f1;

• “drainage work” means in relation to any key watercourse and includes any land which is expected to provide flood storage capacity for a key watercourse and any bank, wall, embankment or other structure, or any appliance, constructed or used for land drainage or flood defence in connection with a key watercourse;

• “key watercourse” means any of the following ordinary watercourses—

  Ordinary watercourse to be regarded as a key watercourse	Ordnance Survey coordinates of ordinary watercourse to be regarded as a key watercourse
  existing ditch 1	TQ 56608 92369 to TQ 56429 92244
  existing ditch 2	TQ 56427 92408 to TQ 56438 92260
  existing ditch 3	TQ 56593 92504 to TQ 56444 92744
  existing ditch 4	TQ 56442 92747 to TQ 56255 92665
  existing ditch 5	TQ 56339 92531 to TQ 56289 92673
  existing ditch 6	TQ 56243 92551 to TQ 56273 92556
  existing ditch 7	TQ 56202 92680 to TQ 56255 92558
  existing ditch 8	TQ 56216 92637 to TQ 56229 92642
  existing ditch 9	TQ 56192 93002 to TQ 56284 92682
  existing ditch 10	TQ 56264 93010 to TQ 56193 93002
  existing ditch 11	TQ 56192 93140 to TQ 56174 93104
  existing ditch 12	TQ 56078 93264 to TQ 56098 93223

  and in each case includes any land or area which is being used or is expected to be used to provide temporary or permanent flood storage capacity or relief for the watercourse and any bank, wall, embankment or other structure, or any appliance constructed or used for land drainage or flood defence in connection with the watercourse;

• “ordinary watercourse” has the same meaning as given in section 72 (interpretation) of the Land Drainage Act 1991^f2;

• “plans” includes any information reasonably required by the drainage authority including location details, grid references, sections, drawings, specifications, assessments and method statements; and

• “specified work” means any of the following works carried out in relation to any ordinary watercourse—

  1. (a)

     erecting any mill dam, weir or other similar obstruction to the flow of the watercourse, or raising or otherwise altering any such obstruction;

  2. (b)

     the construction or alteration of a bridge or other structure;

  3. (c)

     erecting a culvert in the watercourse; or

  4. (d)

     altering a culvert in a manner that would be likely to affect the flow of the watercourse.