This document discusses strategic coastal planning and policy integration around the Severn Estuary. It outlines the purpose of strategic environmental assessments (SEA) in evaluating the environmental impacts of development plans near coastal areas. The SEA process assesses plans and policies to ensure sustainable development and improved environmental outcomes through identifying issues, consulting stakeholders, evaluating alternatives and monitoring impacts.

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Working TogetherforCoastal
Planning around the Severn Estuary
DrTimStojanovic,
Cardiff University/COREPOINT project
June 2007

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Strategic Coastal Issues?
• Reducing offshore impacts
of development
• waterquality,
• physical disturbance,
• landscape,
• recreational pressures.
• Coastal Access
• Flooding/Erosion
• Marine Nature
Conservation Impacts-
designated areas
• Accommodation of
accelerated sea level rise
• Impacts of Development
fromoffshore
• e.g. Barrage!
• Renewable Energy

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Development Plans around the
Severn Estuary

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Issues in YourCoastal Zone

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Jigsaw Exercise
• PPG 20/TAN 14, define policies for:
-Undeveloped
coast
-Partially
developed
coast
-Developed
coast
-Flood
and Coastal
Erosion Risk

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Developed Coast & Developments

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SEA of Development Plans in
the Severn Estuary

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Why SEA?
• EC Directive 2001/42/EC (SEA Directive)
• UKregulations Environmental Assessment of Plans and
Programmes 2004 (SEA Regulations)
• Welsh
• English
• Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004
• Sec 62 (6) Sustainability Appraisal forLDPs
• Sec 39 (2) Sustainability Appraisal forRSS & 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)

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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

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LDPs Wales

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Development Plan Documents
(DPDs) England

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Small Group
Interactive exercise on
Information Sources

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A. What Purposeful Human
Activity Supported?
SEA of Development Plans/Framework
• HOW
• WHO
• WHAT
“A systemto assess the environmental implications of the
LDP/LDF strategy/programmes/allocations
by Local planning authority in partnership with stakeholders,
in orderto ensure sustainable policies (forcoasts down to
MLW)”

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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

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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

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D. Breakdown the activity into 7+/-
2 key stages
• Screen forIssues
• Scope
• Set Objectives
• Report
• Monitor
• Collect baseline data
• Are statutory sites affected?
• Consult otherorganisations

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D. Breakdown the activity into 7+/-
2 key stages

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D. Breakdown the activity into 7+/-
2 key stages

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Testing Plan and Programme Objectives
against SEA objectives

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Indicators of Existing Status
• ODPM guidance on SEA (ODPM, October 2003),
advises that:
sufficie nt data abo ut the curre nt and like ly state o f
the e nviro nm e nt witho ut furthe r inte rve ntio n sho uld
be co lle cte d to allo w a plan’s e ffe cts to be
ade q uate ly pre dicte d.