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We understand that there are a wide variety of organisations involved in managing flood risk and drains and knowing who to contact can be difficult. This page tries to summarise the main flood risk and drainage aspects each one is responsible for and provides contact details for them.

East Sussex County Council Flood Risk Management team

Please contact the flood risk management team if you have any further questions regarding:

Planning consultee for flood risk and drainage for major planning applications.
Countywide flood risk management strategy.
Ordinary watercourse consenting.
Investigations into potential breaches of the Land Drainage Act 1991 (blocked watercourses).
Large scale flood event investigations (Section 19 investigations).

Contact

Planning Matters: Su.DS@eastsussex.gov.uk.
Ordinary watercourse consenting and investigations: Watercourse.Consenting@eastsussex.gov.uk.
All other matters: FRM@eastsussex.gov.uk.
Telephone: 01273 481 421.

East Sussex Highways

Please contact East Sussex Highways if you have any further questions regarding:

Flood events on adopted roads.
Highway gullies and grills.
Potential new connections into the highway sewers and ditches.

Contact

Report a Problem - live.eastsussexhighways.com.

Local Planning Authorities

Local planning authorities deal with the overwhelming majority of development proposals in their local authority area. Please contact your local planning authority if you have any questions regarding:

Planning consultation responses (including those from the LLFA).
Planning application progress and decisions.
Concerns regarding work happening on a development site that you think does not have permission.
Local planning policies, guidance, standing advice and SFRAs.

Find your local council at: Find your local council - GOV.UK.

Waste and minerals planning

East Sussex County Council is responsible for making planning decisions about minerals extraction, waste management and developments such as schools, libraries and roads. Please contact the County Council for questions regarding:

Planning consultation responses.
Planning application progress and decisions.
Concerns regarding work happening on site that you think doesn't have permission.

Contact

Telephone: 01273 481 846
Email: development.control@eastsussex.gov.uk

Southern Water

Please contact Southern Water if you have any questions regarding:

Public surface water or foul water sewers.
Flooding from public sewers.
How to report sewer flooding.
Flooding from a water main.

Contact

24-hour emergency number: 03303 030 368.
Help and support.

South East Water

Please contact South East Water if you have any questions regarding:

Flooding from a water main.

Contact

24-hour emergency number: 03330 000 365.
Report A Leak | South East Water.

Environment Agency

Please contact the Environment Agency if you have any questions regarding:

Flooding from main rivers or the sea.
Flood defences.
Detailed flood data.
Pollution events/concerns about potential pollution.

Contact

General enquiries:
- Telephone: 03708 506 506.
- enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk.
Environment incident hotline (report pollution).
- 24-hour telephone: 0800 80 70 60.

Pevensey & Cuckmere Water Level Management Board

Please contact the Pevensey & Cuckmere Water Level Management Board if you have any questions regarding:

Flooding from Water Level Management Board maintained watercourses.
Planning consultations on flood risk within the Board's catchment, delivered in partnership with the Lead Local Flood Authority.
Land drainage and byelaw consents within the Board's internal drainage district.
Maintenance of watercourses/drains within the Board's internal drainage district.