Flooding & Coastal Erosion Risk Management on the Estuary – Kath Winnard

1. Stakeholder Engagement for
Shoreline Management Plans
Lessons for Marine Planning
Kath Winnard
Atkins Limited

2. Stakeholder Engagement for Shoreline
Management Plans
● Stakeholder engagement in Shoreline Management Plans
● What did we do?
● What worked?
● What didn’t and why?
● What lessons can be learned for marine planning?
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3. Stakeholder Engagement
Stakeholder Groups
● Project Management Group - a sub set of Coastal Group
● Coastal Group – overall development of the SMP
● Elected Members Forum (EMF)– elected members from the local
authorities
● Key Stakeholder Group (KSG) – stakeholders with primary interests –
user groups, community councils, parish councils, conservation
groups, industry
● Other Stakeholders – everyone else
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4. Stakeholder Engagement
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3 month Public Consultation
Consult with Key Stakeholders
Consult with Key Stakeholders
Initial contact with Stakeholders
Identify Stakeholders
Coastal Group consultation

5. Severn Estuary SMP2
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6. Characteristics of the Severn
● Cross border SMP2 – England , Wales
● Lots of infrastructure – road, rail, electricity, water/sewerage
● Has been populated for over 2,000 years
● Historically reclaimed land – Gwent Levels
● Agricultural land
● Dispersed / individual properties
● Low laying – flooding is the biggest issue
● Different sources of flooding – tidal, river, run-off, tidal surges, mixture
● Not a lot of data upstream of the M4 bridges
● European / International conservation sites – SAC, SPA, Ramsar
● Other protected sites – local, national, international
● Severn Tidal Power Feasibility Study – ‘Severn Barrage’
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7. Stakeholders in the Severn
● Severn Estuary Coastal Group (SECG) – 10 local authorities, 3 EA
regions, 3 Internal Drainage Boards, 2 Statutory Nature Conservation
Bodies, 2 historic environment advisors, Defra, WAG
● Elected Members Forum (EMF) – representatives from each Local
Authority, 3 EA Regional Flood Defence Committees
● Key Stakeholders Group (KSG) – over 300 different organisations
● Other Stakeholders – 500,000 people around the Estuary
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8. What did we do?
● Severn Estuary Partnership – website, database of contacts, e-mail
newsletter, knowledge and experience of issues
● Website – SECG website – area set aside for the SMP2
● E-mail updates – monthly SEP e-news (>1,000 contacts)
● Key Stakeholder Group meetings – Cardiff, Slimbridge, Penarth,
Gloucester, Bristol
● Elected Members Forum meeting – Bristol
● Public Consultation & Events – Penarth, Bristol, Gloucester
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9. What worked?
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● Website – clickable map
● Accessibly document – clickable
electronic document
● Coastal Group members
● Individual meetings with planners
● Severn Estuary Partnership

10. What didn’t work … and why
● Elected Members Forum
● Coastal Group members
● Lack of time
● Confusion – Severn Barrage, different types of flooding, high level
strategy, long term planning
● Its complicated – 66 Policy Units, 3 epochs, 4 policy options, 11 very
technical appendices
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11. What lessons can be learned?
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Thank you
kath.winnard@atkinsglobal.com