1. COastal REsearch & POlicy INTegration Working Together for Coastal Planning around the Severn Estuary Dr Tim Stojanovic, Cardiff University/COREPOINT project June 2007

2. COastal REsearch & POlicy INTegration Strategic Coastal Issues? Reducing offshore impacts of development water quality, physical disturbance, landscape, recreational pressures. Coastal Access Flooding/Erosion Marine Nature Conservation Impacts- designated areas Accommodation of accelerated sea level rise Impacts of Development from offshore e.g. Barrage! Renewable Energy

3. COastal REsearch & POlicy INTegration Development Plans around the Severn Estuary

4. COastal REsearch & POlicy INTegration Issues in Your Coastal Zone

5. COastal REsearch & POlicy INTegration Jigsaw Exercise PPG 20/TAN 14, define policies for: -Undeveloped coast -Partially developed coast -Developed coast -Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk

6. COastal REsearch & POlicy INTegration Developed Coast & Developments

7. COastal REsearch & POlicy INTegration SEA of Development Plans in the Severn Estuary

8. COastal REsearch & POlicy INTegration Why SEA? EC Directive 2001/42/EC (SEA Directive) UK regulations Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes 2004 (SEA Regulations) Welsh English Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 Sec 62 (6) Sustainability Appraisal for LDPs Sec 39 (2) Sustainability Appraisal for RSS & Local Development Documents: Development Plan Documents (DPDs) Supplementary Planning Document (SPDs), UDPs (preparation >21 July 2004, and which are not adopted by 21 July 2006)

9. COastal REsearch & POlicy INTegration SEA Process Stage A Setting the context and objectives, establishing the baseline and deciding on the scope Stage B Developing and refining alternatives and assessing effects Stage C Preparation of the Environmental Report Stage D Consulting on the Draft plan or programme and the Environmental Report Stage E Monitoring the significant effects of implementing the plan or programme on the environment

10. COastal REsearch & POlicy INTegration LDPs Wales

11. COastal REsearch & POlicy INTegration Development Plan Documents (DPDs) England

12. COastal REsearch & POlicy INTegration Small Group Interactive exercise on Information Sources

13. COastal REsearch & POlicy INTegration A. What Purposeful Human Activity Supported? SEA of Development Plans/Framework HOW WHO WHAT “A system to assess the environmental implications of the LDP/LDF strategy/programmes/allocations by Local planning authority in partnership with stakeholders, in order to ensure sustainable policies (for coasts down to MLW)”

14. COastal REsearch & POlicy INTegration B. What Transformation occurs? Environmental Outcomes Incompatible policies Set of Policies Improved Environmental Outcomes Compatible policies Set of Policies with alternatives considered and best chosen

15. COastal REsearch & POlicy INTegration C. Important Stakeholders Involved Customers Public, Developers, Anyone with interest in Estuary Actors Planning Officers, SEA officers, Statutory Consultees, Developers, Consultants Owners Planning Committee Councillors, Planners

16. COastal REsearch & POlicy INTegration D. Break down the activity into 7+/-2 key stages Screen for Issues Scope Set Objectives Report Monitor Collect baseline data Are statutory sites affected? Consult other organisations

17. COastal REsearch & POlicy INTegration D. Break down the activity into 7+/-2 key stages

18. COastal REsearch & POlicy INTegration D. Break down the activity into 7+/-2 key stages

19. COastal REsearch & POlicy INTegration Testing Plan and Programme Objectives against SEA objectives

20. COastal REsearch & POlicy INTegration Indicators of Existing Status ODPM guidance on SEA (ODPM, October 2003), advises that: sufficient data about the current and likely state of the environment without further intervention should be collected to allow a plan’s effects to be adequately predicted.