ADA responds to Defra IDB ratings valuation consultation


ADA responds to Defra IDB ratings valuation consultation

 

Consultation Consultation on draft statutory instrument: The English Drainage Boards (Alternative Valuation Calculation) Regulations 2024
By Defra
Closed 19 April 2024
Summary Internal drainage boards (IDBs) use a land valuation calculation to apportion their expenses between landowners and local authorities. This is based on historic ratings data which is missing or incomplete and is preventing new IDBs from being created and existing IDBs from expanding their boundaries.

To address this, the government has made a technical change to the Land Drainage Act 1991, via the Environment Act 2021, setting out a new valuation calculation which enables the use of more up-to-date data from the Valuation Office Agency. This approach will apply to drainage rates and special levies, to ensure consistency in the apportionment of expenses.

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