About Us
The Somerset Drainage Boards Consortium is the organisation that manages the operations and affairs of three Drainage Boards in Somerset.
The Boards are:
- Axe Brue Internal Drainage Board
- Parrett Internal Drainage Board
- North Somerset Levels Internal Drainage Board
The Consortium
The Consortium provides common Engineering, Administration, Legal, Finance and Clerking support, providing continuity of service and best value for money across all three IDB’s that make up the Consortium. As a larger group the Consortium is able to act and lobby on behalf of all the Boards in the organisation.
The individual Boards are still autonomous public bodies that retain all of the powers and duties bestowed to them from the Land Drainage Act 1991 as well as the environmental and health and safety legislation.
The Consortium is based at offices in Bradbury House, 33-34 Market Street, Highbridge, Somerset, TA9 3BW.
Axe Brue Internal Drainage Board
Formed: 2012
Area of district
Number of water level control structures
Length of watercourses maintained
Area of designated environmental interest (SSSI)
No. of homes/businesses within Board area
No. of Water Level Management Plans
Parrett Internal Drainage Board
Formed: 2005
Area of district
Number of water level control structures
Length of watercourses maintained
Area of designated environmental interest (SSSI)
No. of homes/businesses within Board area
No. of Water Level Management Plans
North Somerset Levels Internal Drainage Board
Formed: 2011
Area of district
Number of water level control structures
Length of watercourses maintained
Area of designated environmental interest (SSSI)
No. of homes/businesses within Board area
No. of Water Level Management Plans