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Table 10.3.1  
Regional coastal management initiatives (continued)
Initiative name
Scope/aims
Organisations involved
Contact address
Managing Lundy’s
wildlife
Lundy Marine Nature Reserve and SSSI
Management Plan also covers Lundy Heritage
Coast; recommends management for the benefit
of wildlife, sustainable use of resources and
promotes use for education and enjoyment of
marine conservation
Island Warden, English Nature,
Landmark Trust, Devon Sea
Fisheries Committee, National
Trust
The Warden, Lundy Island,
Bristol Channel, Devon
EX39 2LY, tel: [phone],
or *English Nature,
Okehampton,
tel: [phone]
North Devon
Heritage Coast
No formal management plan; responsibilities of
the Management Service extend to wider
countryside beyond Heritage Coast boundary
Managed by Devon County
Council Countryside
Management Service, guided
by a Steering Group
North Devon Heritage
Coast Service, Council
Offices, Northfield Road,
Ilfracombe, Devon,
tel: [phone]
Exmoor Heritage
Coast and National
Park
Operates as part of the National Park, with
Management Service covering whole Park;
draft Heritage Coast Management Plan and
Exmoor National Park Plan
Exmoor National Park
Authority manages the
Heritage Coast
Management Planning
Officer, Exmoor National
Park Authority, Dulverton,
Somerset  TA22 9HL,
tel: [phone]
North Devon and
Somerset Coastal
Group
Aims to improve coordination and liaison
between agencies undertaking coastal works
Devon and Somerset County
Councils, District Councils,
English Nature, Environment
Agency
*D.C. Rodwell,
Sedgemoor District
Council, Bridgwater,
tel: [phone]
Severn Estuary
Coastal Group
Aims to improve coordination and liaison
between agencies undertaking coastal works
Glos. and Gwent County
Councils, Unitary Authorities (of
former Avon), City/Borough/
District Councils, English
Nature, CCW, Internal Drainage
Boards, Environment Agency
*J. Mackay, City of Cardiff,
tel: [phone]
Standing Conference
of Severnside Local
Authorities (SCOSLA)
Co-operation in the Severn Estuary, particularly
in connection with the proposed Tidal Barrage
and its impacts; proposed Strategic Framework
Plan; possible Estuary Management Authority
Seven County and ten District
Councils around the Estuary;
special reports and studies
funded by Government and
Severn Tidal Power Group (a
private consortium)
Severnside Consortium of
Local Authorities, Chief
Executive’s Department,
Woodspring District
Council, Town Hall,
Weston-super-Mare
BS23 1UJ, tel: [phone]
Severn Estuary
Strategy
Aims to develop a strategic management
framework for the Severn Estuary and
associated coastal zone;  Estuary Management
Plan.  Business Plan published December 1995.
Partners including local
authorities (five County
Councils), Environment Agency
(three regions), ports and
harbours, and representatives of
industry, commerce,
conservation, recreation,
archaeology and coastal defence
Project Manager,
Severn Estuary Strategy,
c/o Environment Agency,
Hadnock Road, Monmouth
NP5 3NQ, tel: [phone]
Forest of Dean
District Local Plan
1993
Comprehensive consideration of coastal issues,
including estuary conservation and access;
support for Estuary Management Plan
Forest of Dean District Council
*Planning & Leisure
Services, Forest of Dean
District Council,
tel: [phone]
Standing Conference
on Regional Policy in
South Wales
High-level planning issues for south Wales
Members of the Severn Estuary
Strategy
P. Slater, Blaenau Gwent
Business Advice Centre,
Enterprise House, Rassau
Industrial Estate, Ebbw
Vale, Newport  NP3 5SD,
tel: [phone]
Glamorgan Heritage
Coast
Management Plan covers ten-year period to
1998
Vale of Glamorgan Council,
CCW
Glamorgan Heritage Coast
Centre, Dunraven Park,
Southerndown  CF32 0RF,
tel: [phone]
Swansea Bay Coastal
Group
Aims to improve coordination and liaison
between agencies undertaking coastal works;
covers Lavernock Point (nr. Penarth) to Worm’s
Head (SW Gower); produced Swansea Bay
Coastal Response Study (1993)
Swansea City Council, Ogwr,
Neath, Port Talbot and Vale of
Glamorgan Borough Councils,
Environment Agency, British
Steel, Countryside Council for
Wales, Welsh Office (observer)
*Port Talbot Borough
Council, Port Talbot,
tel: [phone]
*Starred contact addresses are given in full in the Appendix.

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10.3.2  Coastal (Engineering) Groups
Five non-statutory coastal groups (sometimes known as
coastal engineering groups) have been established within
the region to improve coordination and liaison between
agencies undertaking coastal works (
Table 10.3.1
) (see also
section 8.4
).  The main aim of all these groups is to seek a
coordinated approach to all coastal engineering works by
member authorities; reduce the risk of works adversely
affecting the neighbouring coastline; and improve members’
understanding of coastal processes.  The geographical
coverage of the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Coast Protection
Group, the Devon Coast Protection Advisory Group and the
North Devon and Somerset Coastal Group is based on
administrative boundaries rather than natural coastal
sediment cells.  The Severn Estuary Coastal Group includes
representatives from both England and Wales, and the area
covered by the Swansea Bay Coastal Group falls partly in
Region 12. 
10.3.3  Local planning authority and ports/
harbours initiatives
The maritime local planning authorities are involved in
most, if not all, of the major coastal zone management
initiatives described above.  Their own planning documents
(County Structure Plans and Local Plans) usually pay
particular attention to coastal matters, particularly when
produced following PPG20 (DoE/WO 1992) (see also
section 10.1
).  In Wales the Welsh Office invited the
Assembly of Welsh Counties, in liaison with the District
Councils, to draw up proposals for Strategic Planning
Guidance, the equivalent of Regional Guidance in England.
As part of this process a number of topic groups were
formed, including a Coastal Strategy Working Party.  Local
authority planning departments hold details of county
structure plans, local plans and accompanying
documentation.
An important local authority initiative, at county level, is
SWRPCON (South West Regional Planning Conference),
which covers Devon, Gloucestershire, Somerset and
Cornwall (
Table 10.3.1
).  SWRPCON produced a regional
strategy document in 1994 which set out guidelines to assist
the local planning authorities in the preparation of strategic
plans and policies.  The report highlighted three topics of
major significance in the south-west: the landscape, historic
environment and the coast (SWRPCON 1994).
Port and Harbour Authorities also have a statutory remit
to control activities within their areas of authority, which
may include coastal waters, and will have additional
responsibilities in the management of marine Special Areas
of Conservation, under the EC Habitats & Species Directive
(see 
section 10.2.1
).   
10.3.4  Acknowledgements
Thanks are due to Graham King (NCEAG), Sarah Soffe for
information on Wales, Andrew Bell, Taw-Torridge Estuary
Manager, and English Nature’s Maritime Team for their
helpful comments.
10.3.5  Further sources of information
A.  References cited
Bown, D.P.  1992.  Strategic planning guidance for coastal Wales.
Carmarthen, Carmarthen County Planning Department
(Coastal Strategy Topic Group).
Countryside Council for Wales.  1995.  CCW’s maritime Agenda 21 -
a policy framework.  Bangor, Countryside Council for Wales.
Countryside Council for Wales.  1996.  Seas, shores and coastal areas.
Bangor, Countryside Council for Wales.
Department of the Environment.  1995.  Policy guidelines for the coast.
London, HMSO.
Department of the Environment.  1996.  European marine sites in
England and Wales.  A guide to the Conservation (Natural Habitats
&c.) Regulations 1994 and to the preparation and application of
management schemes.  London, Department of Environment and
The Welsh Office.  (Draft for consultation.)
Department of the Environment/Welsh Office.  1992.  Planning
policy guidance - coastal planning.  London, HMSO (PPG 20).
Department of the Environment/Welsh Office.  1993a.  Development
below low water mark: a review of regulation in England and Wales.
London, HMSO.
Department of the Environment/Welsh Office.  1993b. Managing the
coast: a review of coastal management plans in England and Wales
and the powers supporting them. London, HMSO.
Department of the Environment/Welsh Office.  1994.  The
Conservation (Natural Habitats &c.) Regulations. London, HMSO
(SI 2716).
Earll, R.C., ed. 1994.  Statutory and non-statutory plans in the estuarine
and coastal environment.  Overlapping plans - is this an issue?
Unpublished report of a meeting in July 1994.  
English Nature.  1992.  Caring for England’s estuaries: an agenda for
action.  Peterborough, English Nature.
English Nature.  1993.  Conserving England’s maritime heritage - a
strategy. Peterborough, English Nature.
English Nature.  1994.  Managing England’s marine wildlife.
Peterborough, English Nature.
Grabrovaz, M.  1995.  Review of estuary projects.  Peterborough,
English Nature.
Gubbay, S.  1990.  A future for the coast?  Proposals for a UK coastal
zone management plan.  Ross-on Wye, a report to the World Wide
Fund For Nature from the Marine Conservation Society
(unpublished).
House of Commons.  1992.  Coastal zone protection and planning.
London, HMSO.  (Environment Committee Second Report.)
King, G., & Bridge, L.  1994.  Directory of coastal planning and
management initiatives in England.  Maidstone, National Coasts
and Estuaries Advisory Group.
Local Government Management Board.  1995.  Local agenda 21
roundtable guidance: action on the coast.  Luton, Local Government
Management Board.
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food/Welsh Office.  1993.
Strategy for flood and coastal defence in England and Wales.
London, MAFF.
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Welsh Office,
Association of District Councils, English Nature & National
Rivers Authority.  1994.  Shoreline management plans: a guide for
coastal defence authorities.  London, MAFF (PB2197).
National Rivers Authority.  1994.  Corporate Plan 1994/95.  Bristol,
National Rivers Authority.
National Trust.  1995.  Coastal strategy for Wales.  Llandudno.
(Internal report.)
Rothwell, P.I.Y., & Housden, S.D.  1990.  Turning the tide, a future for
estuaries.  Sandy, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.  1995.  Review of coastal zone
management powers.  Sandy, RSPB.
SWRPCON.  1994.  South West Regional Planning Conference: regional
strategy.  The landscape, coast and historic environment of the south
west.  Somerset, South West Regional Planning Conference.
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