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David Harley Water and Land Manager - SEPA

Flood Risk Management, River Basin Planning & and links to Marine Planning. David Harley Water and Land Manager - SEPA. Water Framework Directive / Flood Risk Management. Water Framework Directive: protect and improve promote sustainable water use

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David Harley Water and Land Manager - SEPA

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  1. Flood Risk Management, River Basin Planning & and links to Marine Planning David Harley Water and Land Manager - SEPA

  2. Water Framework Directive / Flood Risk Management Water Framework Directive: • protect and improve • promote sustainable water use • contribute to the mitigation of floods and droughts • River Basin Planning • CAR extends 3NM for Discharges, Abstractions and Impoundments; Engineering structures limited to freshwater Flooding risk management: • High quality consistent data • Strategic direction on Flood Risk Management • Continued improvement to flood warning • Enhanced planning advice • Flood Risk Management Planning Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) • Advice, data • Marine Planning

  3. Scotland River Basin Plans • Current state (classification) • Impacts (pressures) • Objectives • Actions (measures) • Scotland’s Plans!

  4. Characterisation Update RBMP 2004 2006 2008 2009 2012 2015 Plan of Action Implement Programme of Measures Monitoring Programme Significant Water Issues Public Participation Environmental Objectives ↔ Programme of Measures Draft RBMP Final RBMP River basin planning – a cyclical process

  5. HIGH GOOD MODERATE POOR BAD RBMP Objectives • Improve to Good Status • No deterioration Maintain Restore

  6. HIGH GOOD MODERATE POOR BAD No deterioration • CAR authorisation for new activities • Audit • Enforcement • Environmental events • Planning responses

  7. HIGH GOOD MODERATE POOR BAD Improve to Good Status • Regulation (CAR) • (Quality & Standards) • Diffuse Pollution • Restoration Fund • Facilitate voluntary initiatives Maintain Restore

  8. Classification

  9. Objectives

  10. Delivery gaps? Good Status (2027) Diffuse pollution Restoration Regulation Q&S Urban issues Rural diffuse pollution Restoration (fund) INNS (voluntary)

  11. Catchment selection based on good science demonstrate impact, pollutant source and pathways. National approach Priority catchment approach - Mitigation of diffuse pollution in Scotland Evidence Base Awareness Raising Targeted Engagement

  12. WFD pressures impacting our coastal and estuarine water bodies

  13. 2009 Classification Scotland RBD water bodies • Transitional (estuary): 40 (7 less than good) • Coastal: 449 (18 less than good) Solway-Tweed RBD water bodies • Transitional (estuary): 11 (1 less than good) • Coastal: 8 (1 less than good in 2009) Point source Diffuse Pollution Invasive species

  14. Land claim, Outer Clyde Estuary Peterhead Harbour, NE Scotland Hard and Soft Engineering, Aberdeen Flood Defence, Montrose Basin Tay Railway Bridge, Dundee Churchill Barrier, Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands Tidal River Straightening, Nith Estuary Physical pressures…..

  15. Vision FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT ACT …. a risk-based, sustainable and plan-led approach to managing floods - delivered at the catchment scale

  16. Consultation - milestone • A first for Scotland – first national assessment; all sources of flooding • First step to improving public investment – targeting expenditure, ensuring investment precedes flooding • SEPA is delivering its new responsibilities to advise government and local authorities

  17. Flood risk in Scotland 1 in 20 residential properties (5%) 1 in 14 non-residential properties (7%) Over 130,000 properties Weighted Average Annual Damages: £720m to £850m

  18. FRM Planning Framework • 14 Local Plan Districts • Each LPD requires:- FRM Strategy (objectives with appraised measures) - Local FRM Plan with agreed, funded and timetabled actions

  19. The catchment approach - why? • SEPA competent authority for both/expectation from Government and stakeholders • Reduce risk of conflict • Highlight opportunities to deliver for both • Reduce burden on stakeholders

  20. How? • AAG boundaries and FRM local plan districts to align where possible • Pilots • Timelines considered together • Consultation and engagement co-ordinated • Emphasis on multiple benefit projects

  21. Adding marine planning into the mix! • Need to coordinate RBMP/FRM with regional marine plans • Marine Planning Partnership representation on RBMP and FRM advisory groups and vice versa • SEPA role similar to our engagement with land use planning system • Marine plans should reflect the objectives of WFD and FRM and vice versa. • Catchment approach

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