Legal Chronology

The East Suffolk Internal Drainage Board Order 2008 (Statutory Instrument 2008 No.750). This Order constituted East Suffolk IDB in 2008 from an amalgamation of 8 Internal Drainage Boards:

• Alderton, Hollesley and Bawdsey Drainage Board
• River Blyth Internal Drainage Board
• River Deben Internal Drainage Board
• Fromus, Alde and Thorpeness Internal Drainage Board
• River Gipping Internal Drainage Board
• Lower Alde Internal Drainage Board
• Minsmere Internal Drainage Board
• Upper Alde Internal Drainage Board

The East Suffolk Internal Drainage Board Order 2023 (Statutory Instrument 2023 No.364). This Order re-constituted the Board with effect from 24 March 2023 to reduce the number of elected members from 11 to 10 and the number of Electoral Divisions from 5 to 1. This Order also changed the name of East Suffolk Internal Drainage Board to East Suffolk Water Management Board.