Feedback from engagement and consultation for physical condition
River Basin Management Planning Unit
The consultation set out options for strategic implementation
• Approaches for • water pollution from land contamination and
toxic pollution and INNS• Scenarios for• Rural diffuse pollution• Restoring physical condition of beds, banks and
shores• Restoring fish passage at man-made barriers
Overall consultation responses
• Diffuse pollution – support for scenario 2• Other water quality pressures - yes• Physical condition – scenario 1• Barriers – Step change 1• INNS - Yes• HMWBs – generally supportive
• General comments; further investigations where we have uncertainty, partnership working, integrating planning and projects for multiple benefits, engagement and £
Engagement targeted to inform barriers and physical condition objectives
• Worked with local authorities and some fishery trusts to:• Refine our information on fish barriers• Look at areas where there may be scope
for partnership working on morphology
Physical condition feedback
• Strong support for a step change• Develop partnerships that focus on delivery• Prioritisation based on most benefits, scope,
cost benefit analysis & ecological driver• Time to build information and certainty about
where to direct implementation to ensure adequate resource is allocated in budgets and staff time
• Allow integration with other projects and planning processes
• Funding
Next steps
• Continue to refine prioritisation & delivery based on feedback received
• Solway Tweed closes 9th June 2015• Draft plan to ministers in September• Digest of consultation responses published Sept• Review of engagement