Land drainage

The Agricultural Land Tribunal for Wales plays an important role in determining disputes under the Land Drainage Act 1991 about the drainage of agricultural land.

Application forms and guidance booklets can be downloaded by using the links below. If you have problems downloading any of the forms and booklets or you would like them in a different format please contact us.

Applications

  • Restoration or improvement of ditches, where owners and occupiers of land (which has suffered injury or is prevented from being improved by drainage through a neighbours neglect of ditches) seek an order from the tribunal for ditching work to be carried out (Application Form LD01) 
     
  • Reply to application, the tribunal will send a copy of the application and any technical report obtained by the tribunal to the Respondent to seek views on the application and recommendations in the report (Application Form LD02) 
     
  • Reply to application, the tribunal will send a copy of the technical report obtained by the tribunal to the applicant to seek views on the recommendations in the technical report (Application Form LD03) 
     
  • Variation of tribunal order, where the tribunal has made an order for ditching work to be carried out and the applicant or respondent wishes to seek a variation of that order (Application Form LD04)

Our guidance booklets about making applications and receiving applications contain important information about time-limits and the tribunal’s procedures