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Strategic Environmental Assessment Environmental Scoping Report Cell 1 SMP2 Action Plans SEA & WFD Strategic Environmental Assessment Environmental Scoping Report Prepared for Scarborough Borough Council August 2015 Park House Headingley office Park 8 Victoria Road Leeds LS6 1PF COPYRIGHT HALCROW GROUP LTD AUGUST 2015 Contents Section Page Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 1‐1 1.1 Purpose of this report ............................................................................................................ 1‐1 1.2 Overall aims of the project .................................................................................................... 1‐1 1.3 Responsibilities for coastal flood and erosion risk management .......................................... 1‐1 1.4 Introduction to shoreline management plans ....................................................................... 1‐2 1.4.1 Overview ................................................................................................................... 1‐2 1.4.2 Northumberland and North Tyneside SMP .............................................................. 1‐2 1.4.3 River Tyne to Flamborough Head SMP ..................................................................... 1‐3 1.4.4 SMP policies .............................................................................................................. 1‐3 1.4.5 Development of SMP policies ................................................................................... 1‐3 1.4.6 SMP2 action plans ..................................................................................................... 1‐4 1.4.7 Coastal strategies ...................................................................................................... 1‐5 1.5 How to comment on this report ............................................................................................ 1‐5 Introduction to SEA .................................................................................................................... 2‐1 2.1 The SEA directive, guidance and the SMP2 SEAs ................................................................... 2‐1 2.2 The SEA process ..................................................................................................................... 2‐1 2.2.1 Screening .................................................................................................................. 2‐2 2.2.2 Scoping ...................................................................................................................... 2‐2 2.2.3 Baseline data ............................................................................................................. 2‐2 2.2.4 Assessment methodology ......................................................................................... 2‐2 2.2.5 Consultation .............................................................................................................. 2‐2 2.2.6 Reporting .................................................................................................................. 2‐3 2.2.7 Implementation/monitoring ..................................................................................... 2‐3 2.3 Assessment of SMP2 action plans ......................................................................................... 2‐4 2.3.1 Assessment of coastal strategies action plans ......................................................... 2‐4 2.3.2 Water Framework Directive assessment .................................................................. 2‐4 2.3.3 Habitat Regulations assessment ............................................................................... 2‐5 Baseline Information .................................................................................................................. 3‐1 3.1 Introduction and existing information ................................................................................... 3‐1 3.2 Additional baseline information ............................................................................................ 3‐1 3.2.1 Coastal cell –wide coastal processes monitoring ..................................................... 3‐1 3.2.2 Habitat mapping ....................................................................................................... 3‐1 3.2.3 Habitat studies .......................................................................................................... 3‐1 3.2.4 Marine Conservation Zones ...................................................................................... 3‐1 SMP2 Action Plans ...................................................................................................................... 4‐1 4.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 4‐1 4.2 Categorisation of actions ....................................................................................................... 4‐1 4.2.1 Asset management and maintenance actions .......................................................... 4‐1 4.2.2 Development planning and adaptation actions ....................................................... 4‐1 4.2.3 Monitoring actions .................................................................................................... 4‐1 4.2.5 Study and investigation actions ................................................................................ 4‐2 4.3 Scoping of actions .................................................................................................................. 4‐2 Scope of the SEA ......................................................................................................................... 5‐1 CELL 1 SEA SCOPING REPORT_FINAL III COPYRIGHT HALCROW GROUP LTD 2015 CONTENTS, CONTINUED Section Page 5.1 Scoping environmental issues ................................................................................................ 5‐1 SEA Framework .......................................................................................................................... 6‐1 6.1 Approach to environmental appraisal .................................................................................... 6‐1 6.1.1 SEA of SMP2 and coastal strategy action plans......................................................... 6‐1 6.2 Environmental objectives ....................................................................................................... 6‐1 6.2.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................... 6‐1 6.2.2 SEA objectives ........................................................................................................... 6‐1 6.2.3 Assessment methodology and SEA scoring criteria .................................................. 6‐2 Next Steps .................................................................................................................................. 7‐1 7.1 Next steps in SEA process ....................................................................................................... 7‐1 Appendixes A Figures B Feedback Form C Baseline Data and Issues Tables D Action Plan Tables IV CELL 1 SEA SCOPING REPORT_FINAL COPYRIGHT HALCROW GROUP LTD 2015 CONTENTS, CONTINUED Section Page Document History This document has been issued and amended as follows: Version Date Description Created by Verified by Approved by 1.0 August Draft for client comment Caroline Frost Corinna Morgan Andy Parsons 2015 1.1 August Final draft for client sign off Caroline Frost Caroline Frost Andy Parsons 2015 1.2 August Final for consultee issue Caroline Frost Caroline Frost David Robinson 2015 (SBC) Notice: This report was prepared by Halcrow Group Ltd, a CH2M company, in accordance with the scope and instructions of Scarborough Borough Council for their sole and specific use. Any other persons or organisations who use any information contained herein do so at their own risk. In producing this report, CH2M has relied upon information provided by others. The completeness or accuracy of this information is not guaranteed by CH2M. CELL 1 SEA SCOPING REPORT_FINAL V COPYRIGHT HALCROW GROUP LTD 2014 SECTION 1 Introduction 1.1 Purpose of this report Scarborough Borough Council has identified a need for an environmental assessment of the combined effects of implementing both the Northumberland and North Tyneside Shoreline Management Plan SMP2 and the River Tyne to Flamborough Head SMP2 over the whole of Coastal Sediment Cell 1. Consequently, the council commissioned CH2M HILL to carry out a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the Action Plans identified by the two SMP2s between the Scottish Border and Flamborough Head to provide a cell‐ wide assessment. This Environmental Scoping Report has therefore been prepared to scope the holistic assessment of the potential environmental effects of the actions identified in the Action Plans, taking into account changes in legislation and the baseline environment, and recent best practice guidance. This Environmental Scoping Report is being used to: introduce the project to stakeholders; identify and confirm the flood risk and coastal management strategies produced by each Local Authority that need to be considered as part of the Project; request any additional data of relevance to the project in order to inform the assessment; and identify issues and constraints, which require further
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