SEPA Planning GuidanceSeminars 2017 Glasgow agenda: 12:30 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

SEPA Planning GuidanceSeminars 2017

Glasgow agenda:  12:30 - Registration and Buffet Lunch  13:15 - Welcome and introduction  13:30 - Session 1:The role of the water environment in placemaking  14:00 - Q andA Housekeeping  14:15 - Session 2: Flood Risk  14:45 - Q andA  15:00 -Tea and Coffee Break  15:20 - Session 3: Heat Networks  15:50 - Q andA  16:05 - Round up  16:20 - Close

Perth agenda:  12:15 - Registration and Buffet Lunch  13:00 -Welcome and introduction  13:15 - Session 1:The role of the water environment in placemaking  13:45 - Q and A Housekeeping  14:00 - Session 2: Flood Risk  14:30 - Q andA  14:45-Tea and Coffee Break  15:00 - Session 3: Heat Networks  15:30 - Q andA  15:45 - Round up  16:00 - Close

Welcome and introduction Katherine Lakeman – Principal PolicyOfficer andAlan Farquhar – Planning Manager

Planning Support Unit – what do we do? Planning Service Manager Context – why SouthWest South East are we here? North Scotland Planning Scotland Scotland PlanningTeam Support Unit PlanningTeam PlanningTeam Guidance • Awareness • raising Communication • Engagement •

One Planet Prosperity: the role of land use planning

Sustainable Planetary resource use supporting a circular limits economy The role of Zero/ low High carbon Great Places environmental developments planning quality - water, and air, land infrastructure Safe from flooding

The role of the water environment in placemaking Wendy Campbell – Senior Planning Officer

EU Water Framework Directive Artificial Rivers Coastal Waters Waters TheWater Environment Wetlands Transitional Waters Standing Groundwater Waters

 TheWater Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) (WFD) is the legal framework for co-ordination of water policy and regulation across Europe.Transposed through theWater Environment an Water Services ScotlandAct (2003).  All water bodies regardless of size to be: -  Protected from further downgrading  Improved by addressing pressures relating to water quality, quantity & morphology (physical form) LegalContext  Baseline water bodies (i.e. river >10km2 catchment, loch >0.5km2 in area) have to achieve “good” status by 2027 unless there are over-riding social and economic reasons  The “status” applied to baseline water bodies takes account of physical, chemical and biological variables  River Basin Planning System

 SEPA & Scottish Government : - Lead Authorities in securing compliance with the requirements of the Water Framework Directive, 2(1) WEWS .  However, expected to work closely with public, private and voluntary sectors.  The land use planning system has been identified as having a key role due to its influence on the location, layout and design of new development Duties on  Planning authorities identified as “responsible authorities” Planning Authorities  “Water Environment and Water Services (Designation of Responsible Authorities and Functions) Order 2006” Duty to: - underWFD  Carry out normal statutory functions in a way that secures compliance with WFD objectives  Contribute to the river basin management planning process set up to secure delivery of the WFD  Promote sustainable flood management  Contribute to the achievement of sustainable economic development “2(1) Water Environment andWater Services Act”

 Point Source Pollution  Diffuse Source Pollution Key Pressures  Abstraction and Flow Regulation onWater  Physical Changes Environment  Invasive Non-native Species  Physical  Chemical  Biological Impacts

Construction works - following best practice Protection of Wastewater groundwater SEPA Key Drainage & dependent habitats Water Blue Green Infrastructure Environment Issues Risk to water Invasive Non- environment native species from flooding Fish passage and protection of aquatic species

SUMMARY OF BENEFITS Environment Protection & Improvement of Water Environment Economic Social

Frontloading is essential Focus on early design phase Great benefits - Less Frustration

 Earliest Design Stages - Careful consideration of the context of the site in respect of water features that are in, adjacent to or could be affected by the proposed development  Ensuring that commitments made at Development Plan level and in respect of Masterplans are followed through at Development Management Level  Point source pollution - • Requiring presumption of connection to public foul sewer, • Ensuring that development is aligned with appropriate WWT provision. • Appropriate policy provision for SUDS (source control and construction How you can SUDS) • Ensuring buffer strip provision help • Ensuring appropriate aftercare of quarrying and mining operations.  Diffuse pollution .  Appropriate provision for SUDS and  Buffer strips along watercourses  Policy requirements to address problems associated with nutrient enrichment.  Ensuring appropriate siting and management of fishery and forestry operations.

 Abstraction: Work with Scottish water and SEPA to ensure pressures associated with abstraction and flow regulation arising from development are minimised.  water treatment; golf courses, distilling, agricultural irrigation, aquaculture  Avoid consenting proposals which put undue pressure on water resources  Consider cumulative impact of hydro and the impact of windfarms on wetland habitat..  Physical changes –  Requiring opening up of culverts, removal of barriers to fish passage (e.g. redundant weirs), use of open space areas to allow channel recovery and How you can improvement of bankside habitat;  Safeguarding land to enable restoration to take place at a future date. Social and help economic benefits should attract developer contributions.  Invasive Non-native species  Require construction industry to follow best practice guidance preventing the introduction of INNS.  Contribute to catchment scale eradication programmes  Require developers to use native species along active travel routes & in restoring riparian margins.

 Incorporating and enhancing blue-green infrastructure – one of the best ways Authorities can help address water pressures.  Green Infrastructure “includes the “green” and “blue” (water environment) features of the natural and built environment….”SPP glossary  An understanding of a site’s current and potential contribution to the green network should inform decisions on scale, location and Blue-Green layout.The way in which this has been considered in the placemaking process should be explained in the Design Opportunities Statement”  “Development should be carefully designed to contribute positively to development of green networks, and all proposals will be assessed in terms of their consideration of connectivity between green infrastructure components and their contribution to national and local green network and open space objectives”  (Section 3.1 Edinburgh Design Guidance)

 Open space requirements should be considered in the context of existing blue-green networks with consideration given to extending and improving these.  Well recognized benefits of blue-green networks /infrastructure in delivering land use planning, objectives, ecosystem services, climate change adaptation and mitigation Blue-Green  . Greenspace around watercourses can: -  contribute to sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS), Opportunities  provide space for cycle and walkways in support of sustainable travel objectives and  provide resilience to flooding. Like other  Urban environment - restoration of water bodies can contribute to infrastructure, regeneration objectives by providing landscape and amenity benefits. effectiveGI is essential to the healthy functioning of any town or city.  “

 95% of developers and consultants across Europe believe that open space adds value to commercial property .  On average, developers would be willing to pay at least 3% more for land in close proximity to open space with some putting the premium as high as 15-20%. Evidence of  Birmingham City Council - Canal Redevelopment: - benefits of  50% respondents considered presence of the canal was a factor in determining the location of their business Blue-Green  39% felt canal was “important” or “very important” to their business revenue. “Green Infrastructure’s contribution to economic growth a review” – Department of Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) & Natural England.

Green Network  Strategy for Glasgow Blue-green infrastructure=critical infrastructure for successful “placemaking”

Consider hydrology on, adjacent to site and further downstream from outset of design Maidenhead