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Informing second cycleRiver Basin Management Plans

Paul BrysonEA Senior Advisor

(catchment management)

Informing second cycle River Basin Management Plans

Paul BrysonSenior Advisor (National Head Office)

05 November 2013 (London)Catchment Based Approach Conference

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Presentation Content15 min. introduction to ‘Informing 2nd cycle RBMPs’:

Why

What

How

When

Summing up

Why feed into River Basin Management Planning?

Create a statutory framework (particularly water body objectives) to direct local opportunities for improvement

Inform a strategic approach to water management across catchments (- better outcomes and benefits)

Engage with stakeholders who are less well represented at catchment level

We need Catchment Groups to feed into RBMP and vice versa – You (hosts and coordinators) are pivotal to this.

What information would be helpful (1) Evidence on:

Risks and Impacts

Reasons For Failure

Effectiveness of measures/mechanisms (e.g. voluntary advice versus regulatory campaigns)

Costs and Benefits of measures and mechanisms

What information would be helpful (2)Views on:

Objectives, relative priorities and outcomes (levels of ambition)

Opportunities for future major re-development to co-deliver benefit

Alternative funding opportunities (e.g. LEPs, EU funds)

Gather any new actions into the RBMPs

Broadland Partnership (Anglian) Courtesy of Rory Sanderson

How the information can be providedProviding evidence on:

Classification – specific data requirements

Reasons For Failure & Risk Assessment – more flexible

Measure Cost-Effectiveness & Benefits – more flexible

Engage with local Agency Catchment Coordinators to agree with partners what the information means

As a minimum feed in views through the statutory 6 month consultations (the earlier the better)

Over time we plan to develop ‘data standards and protocols’

When do we need this information?

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

1st cycle plan implementation

Incremental implementation of a Catchment Based Approach

2nd cycle Planning

2nd cycle plan implementation

Challenges & Choices

Draft Plan

Final Plan

Proposed Approach to Draft RBMPsCentrally compiled RBD plans

Strategic overview and directionStatutory requirementsBased on local data (including catchment summaries)Shaping with Liaison Panels continues

Catchment SummariesRegionally produced around core information templateDiscuss and shape locally – role for partnership groupsWill complement partner’s Catchment Plans (these will be measures in the RBMP)

Web-based Catchment data explorerAiming first release for draft plan publication

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Catchment summaries

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River Basin District Management plan

Catchment Summaries

Other statutory

plans (e.g. Flood)

Catchment data explorer (if available)

Overview of Proposed approach

Partnership Activities &

Plans

Water body data

Catchment Planning System

Next StepsWe are finalising the approach to draft RBMPs (February 2014)

The National Practitioner Group are setting up:

Training events from February 2014 (in development)

Data sharing systems (in development) linked to Environment Agency data management work -Catchment Explorer

We encourage you to engage locally with catchment coordinators to determine how you can feed into RBMPs

Summary pointsWe need Catchment Groups to feed into RBMP (and vice versa)

You (hosts and catchment coordinators) have a pivotal role in this

The ability of Partnership Groups to feed in will varyAs a minimum help shape the catchment summaries and engage in RBMP consultations e.g. Challenges & Choices and draft RBMPs

Catchment Based Approach is not just about producing RPMPs but all aspects of managing water (i.e. developing consensus and delivering action)

This is a long term ‘adaptive’ process and should not be constrained by ‘plan’ production