East Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy 2005/06

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Data Analysis 5.53 The Environment Agency monitored the quality of over 3,500km of water courses in the East Midlands in 2005 and found that: • 94% had good or fair chemical quality (1% worse than previous year), • 97% had good or fair biological quality (no change from previous year), • 58% were poor nitrate quality (1% better than previous year), • 61% were poor phosphate quality (2% worse than previous year). Policy Commentary 5.54 Water Quality in the East Midlands has shown a significant improvement in terms of both chemical and biological standards since 1990. In this time, the length of river and canal achieving a good or very good chemical quality, according to the Environment Agency’s General Quality Assessment (GQA) scheme, has almost trebled, with 60% (2100km) of the 3500kms of classified watercourse achieving the top grades in 2005. Although relatively static since the start of the new millennium, the past ten years has seen an additional 642kms achieve the top quality bands. 5.55 Although not as marked, the improvement in chemical status is mirrored in biological quality, with in excess of 2250kms of river being classified as good or very good in the last survey.This represents a 60% increase since 1990 and in excess of 30% in the last decade. 5.56 The district’s rivers remain highly nutrient enriched, however, despite a 15% reduction in the total length of the GQA network recording high or excessively high nitrate concentrations since 1995. Over the same time period, phosphate concentrations have remained very stable with the majority of stretches falling being classed as highly nutrient enriched.Water bodies in the East Midlands are still eutrophic and characterised by high turbidity, algae dominated, with no/few submerged aquatic plants (oxygenators) and generally poor ecologically - in some instances resulting in unfavourable condition where SSSIs are concerned. 5.57 Under the England Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF) Initiative, changes in farm practices are being sought to reduce diffuse water pollution from agriculture.The region has three CSF priority catchment initiatives and three CSF associate catchment initiatives, all of which commenced in 2006.The Environment Agency has developed a monitoring and evaluation framework to determine whether the programme has achieved the objective of raising awareness of diffuse water pollution from agriculture, and encouraging early voluntary action from farmers and land managers to tackle it.The Regional Assembly’s Environment Group commissioned a major study of soils in 2006 as part of its study on landscape scale run off (‘spongy landscapes’) and this will also feed into the understanding of solutions to this problem. 5.58 The RSS policy on strategic river corridors is now well accepted and assisted by guidance notes issued to all Local Planning Authorities on a suggested Local Development Document Core Strategy Policy (www.emra.gov.uk/publications/RPG_src.asp) which, with the supplementary supporting information, provides a helpful method of transition from the strategic to local policy. 5.59 The policy was helpful in securing a 1.5Million grant from the EU Interreg funding for a pan European project, SPARC, administered in the Region by the Environment Agency. Less well developed are useful key indicators for measuring the success of this policy.The policy seeks integrated management of river corridors. Inevitably, therefore, single indicators do not do the job but there are difficulties in finding a suite of indicators without involving excessive expense or unnecessary detail. East Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy Annual Monitoring Report 2005/06 91
East Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy Annual Monitoring Report 2005/06 Policy 36: A Regional Approach to Managing Flood Risk Development plans and strategies of relevant agencies should include policies to prevent inappropriate development where there would be an adverse impact on the coastal and fluvial floodplain areas; deliver a programme of flood management schemes and require sustainable drainage Targets: • To be developed Indicators: • Planning permissions granted contrary to Environment Agency advice on flood defence grounds • Planning permissions granted with Sustainable Drainage Schemes (SuDS) • Number of properties at 1% flood risk • Number of strategic flood risk assessments undertaken Results: Figure 5.9 - Flood risk in the East Midlands Flood Risk 5.60 The total number of planning permissions granted contrary to Environment Agency advice on flood risk grounds was 20 in 2004/05. In 2003/04 it was 133.This represents a significant fall. This is mainly due to the publication of draft planning advice by the Government which recognises the risks and promotes a sequential approach to selection of land for development.The new Planning Policy Statement (PPS 25) was published at the end of December 2006. 5.61 The number of properties in a 1% flood risk area is approximately 173,000 in East Midlands. 1% flood risk means that there is a risk of flooding and that these properties are in the floodplain.The East Midlands has nearly as many properties in areas with a moderate or significant chance of flooding - almost 154,000 - as the South East of England. The East Midlands has almost twice the proportion of land at significant chance of flooding than the next highest region (East of England). It also has the highest proportion of land (16%) at a moderate or significant risk of flooding.This is the first year that this data on the number of properties affected has been made available and the figure is approximate. 92
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contents Executive Summary 9 Sectio
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Policy 36 - A Regional Approach to
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Policy 11 - Spatial Priorities for
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SECTION 1 introduction East Midland
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SECTION 2 key points and actions IN
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SECTION 8 Sub-Areas Key Points Key
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Further research and joint working
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2.8 One action from the 2004/05 AMR
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Policy No. Policy Title 19 Regional
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Table 3.2- Percentage of New Dwelli
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Table 3.4 - Housing Provision Accor
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Housing Provision and Supply Table
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SECTION 4 economy East Midlands Reg
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APPENDIX 1 data sources and referen
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Section 7 - Transport: • Local Au
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