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