King's Lynn Consortium of Internal Drainage Boards is unique amongst Internal Drainage Boards, in that we have two full time conservation officers who are responsible for ensuring we comply with all current conservation legislation.

Conservation plays a crucial role in the way the Consortium manages its Drainage interests across Norfolk. The rich environment and Broadland's links with tourism and recreation call for a particularly sensitive and caring approach to operational matters. To achieve this balance, we work closely with other conservation bodies.

What we do: Within the Consortium boundaries there are 58 nationally important wildlife sites (Sites of Special Scientific Interest) some of which are also internationally important and a network of county wildlife sites. For these nationally important wildlife sites that have been impacted on by land drainage, a series of water level management plans have been produced and the Boards are working to address the issues raised in these plans.

As part of our day-to-day operational role, the Consortium has agreed Standard Maintenance Operations which have put in place policies to ensure the Boards can carry out their land drainage functions, whilst having regard to nature conservation.

In the last few years the Board has been particularly active in managing the environment alongside its land drainage operations, and has also invested heavily in major conservation schemes throughout Norfolk with other interested partners.

Case Studies: To see some recent examples of these schemes; click here.

Want to know more?: If you would like to know more about the wide range of conservation issues we deal with, how we deal with them and what schemes we are currently involved in, then contact our full time Conservation Officer, by e-mail: