Quo Vadis?

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly SMP mid-term reveiw

Gregor Guthrie, David Watkins,

Julian Pearce, Julie Dunstan

March 2017

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The aim of the SMP2

process has been to

move towards a more

integrated plan for

sustainable

management of the

shoreline

Isles of Scilly

A bit of background.

One of the larger SMP areas – 960kmand very crinkly!

18 Policy development zonescapturing different character

46 Management AreasHighlighting different areas of interaction

259 Policy unitsCornwall - 199

Isles of Scilly – 60

SMP2 completed in 2011Building on SMP1 in the late 1990s

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And large sections of hard cliffs

Out of those 295 policy units

95 Do nothing (SMP1) / No active intervention (SMP2)

35% Immediate change

29% short term change

69% long term change

+ 15 policies changing from some form of management to No Active Intervention

The aim of the SMP2

process has been to

move towards a more

integrated plan for

sustainable

management of the

shoreline

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R i s

kSMP

Strategy

Scheme or

implementation

the SMP2 sets policy solely with respect to

FCERM

SMPcreating a baseline upon which the broader coastal zone management ideas can be developed

clear understanding

involves planners economic development

long term planning of infrastructure

involvement of communities, landowners and other stakeholders

the SMP2 is the beginning not an end

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Policy development

zones

Management Area

Management Area

Management Area

Maintain the overall integrity of the plan.

The intent of management.

Clarifying the implications

Review the progress

Review and update the

Action Plan

New information

Further monitoring

Local understanding and attitudes

Focus on the direction of travel. Building upon policy, but taking forward the Plan.

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NAI, NAI, NAI

HTL, MR, MR

MR, NAI, NAI

Monitor and report

Review transport network and plan for change

Develop and discuss with community as a coastal change management area

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NAI, NAI, NAI

NAI, NAI, NAI

MR, MR, NAI

MR, MR, NAI

Realignment to re-establish naturally functioning dune system – provide improved natural defence and buffer zone,

Community, tourism, transport net work

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SMP policy - MR

SMP understanding - increased

pressure

SMP intent - to move away from

reliance on linear defence

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And so to the Isles of Scilly. Not enough to just have policy unit policies

Need to use the SMP to examine basic infrastructure

Using the SMP to initiate discussions with the whole community.

A beginning not an end.

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The aim of the SMP2

process has been to move

towards a more integrated

plan for sustainable

management of the

shoreline

Challenge but build from the SMP2 process

Not policies and fixed time periods but

a direction of travel.

Increased use of the SMP2 as the basis

for broader coastal management.Adaptation:

“Central to this approach

is the principle that

adaptation cannot be

solved through a single

action, but is rather a

process to be managed

over time.”

RTPI. “This challenges us to think beyond the scope of statutory systems and to take a broader view of what society needs through planning.”

New vision for planning