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Soar Catchment Management Plan River Soar Catchment Partnership Soar Catchment Management Plan River Soar Catchment Partnership Soar Catchment Management Plan Version 2 March 2018 1 Soar Catchment Management Plan River Soar Catchment Partnership Soar Catchment Management Plan Written on behalf of the River Soar Catchment Partnership 2 Soar Catchment Management Plan River Soar Catchment Partnership Contents 1.0 Purpose of this document .......................................................................................................................... 4 2.0 The Catchment Based Approach ................................................................................................................ 4 3.0 River Soar Catchment ................................................................................................................................. 4 4.0 The Soar Catchment Partnership ............................................................................................................... 6 4.1 Soar Catchment Vision ........................................................................................................................... 7 4.2 Soar Catchment Partnership Objectives ................................................................................................. 8 4.3 Compelling Outcomes ............................................................................................................................ 9 5.0 Data and evidence .................................................................................................................................... 11 5.1 Methods for data analysis .................................................................................................................... 11 5.2 Soar Catchment Partnership Priorities ................................................................................................. 13 6.0 Establishing future areas of work ............................................................................................................. 20 7.0 Summary of Projects ................................................................................................................................ 20 8.0 Details of Projects ..................................................................................................................................... 24 9.0 Monitoring and Evaluation ....................................................................................................................... 47 10.0 Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................................ 48 Appendix – Extract of data table used as part of data and evidence analysis ............................................... 49 3 Soar Catchment Management Plan River Soar Catchment Partnership 1.0 Purpose of this document This document provides the baseline to take forward the work of the Soar Catchment Partnership. It describes the Soar catchment and the issues that need to be tackled describes the data and evidence approach that has been used to support the areas and project identified for future development. The summary tables (page 22-23) show the multiple benefits for each project against the Soar Catchment Partnership goals. Section 8.0 contains the specifications for each project including the current status of the project; the lead organisation and next steps required to make it happen. 2.0 The Catchment Based Approach In 2012 Defra launched the Catchment Based Approach (CABA). The Catchment Based Approach encourages organisations to manage land and water in a balanced way, by identifying the pressures on the water environment, by working together to agree common objective and by implementing solutions. A key principle is encouraging organisation to work in partnership and to deliver a range of benefits through a single initiative. 3.0 River Soar Catchment The catchment of the River Soar covers an area of approximately 1,380 km2, covering much of the county of Leicestershire. It rises between Hinckley and Lutterworth flowing north towards Leicester, the principle urban area within its catchment. It is joined by the Grand Union Canal before Leicester. Other significant towns include Wigston, Melton Mowbray and Loughborough. Downstream of Leicester it is joined by the River Wreake from Melton Mowbray .The River continues through Barrow upon Soar, past Loughborough and Kegworth before joining the River Trent near Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire. The catchment contains a variety of landscapes, including the Leicestershire Vales, the Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire Wolds and Charnwood’s upland heathlands. The lower Soar valley forms part of the Trent wash lands. The predominant geology is Keuper Marl interspersed with beds of Triassic Sandstone. The dominant land use across the catchment is rural, mostly arable production with a small portion in pasture. Diffuse nutrient pollution (phosphate) from agricultural runoff is considered to be a major contributing factor to the overall WFD status of the catchment. A significant amount of urban drainage reaches the Soar and a number of its smaller tributaries where it flows through Leicester. Key issues causing water quality problems come from overflows from sewage works, surface water runoff from quarry workings and the road network. The invasive species Floating Pennywort is present in the low catchment but has been subject to a rigorous control programme so is now in decline. There are also significant numbers of communities in some areas at risk of flooding within the catchment. Before CABA there were already many projects ongoing across the Soar that delivered benefits for the water environment. However, few of them looked at the catchment as a whole. The Soar Catchment Partnership has brought many well established organisations together to discuss their work and future aspirations at the catchment scale. The work reinforces the strength of some of the existing projects, and allows the partners to look more widely at opportunities to work with partners to bring about benefits that may not be achievable by working alone. 4 Soar Catchment Management Plan River Soar Catchment Partnership © Crown copyright and database rights 2017 Ordnance Survey 100024198 River Soar Catchment Area Figure 1 Map of River Soar Catchment Area 5 Soar Catchment Management Plan River Soar Catchment Partnership 4.0 The Soar Catchment Partnership The Soar Catchment Partnership (SCP) has been developed in response to the Defra Catchment Based Approach policy using funding by Defra and the environment Agency (EA). A range of organisations have been meeting to look at the options across the Soar since the start of 2014. The Soar catchment partnership has a wide and active membership. The Catchment Based Approach has brought a catchment scale focus to the members recognising the wider benefits that can be achieved by a coordinated partnership. The organisations that attend the meetings are listed below. Blaby District Council Inland Waterways Society British Canoeing Loughborough Soar Angling Society Canal and River Trust Melton & Oakham Waterways Society Charnwood Borough Council National Farmers Union Country Landowners Association Natural England Environment Agency Oadby & Wigston Borough Council Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust Rushcliffe Borough Council Harborough District Council Severn Trent Water Leicester City Council Trent Rivers Trust (catchment host) Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust Waterside Care Leicestershire County Council Key pressures in the Soar Catchment Diffuse pollution from roads and urban areas Heavily modified river channels and loss of instream habitats Rural point source and diffuse pollution Separation of the river from its floodplain Barriers to fish migration Loss of riparian wetland habitats Litter in the River Soar and its tributaries Raised levels of phosphates Risk of properties and roads flooding Land use leading to flashy watercourses Building and development too close to the watercourse Lack of access to the river and conflicts of recreation users in sensitive areas Lack of community awareness and engagement with water and rivers 6 Soar Catchment Management Plan River Soar Catchment Partnership 4.1 Soar Catchment Vision The Soar catchment partnership has an agreed vision for the long term on the River Soar. Vision for the Soar Catchment Partnership "A Soar catchment that has a sustainable and diverse water environment that benefits people, the natural environment and the economy of the local area. A catchment in good ecological condition with improved resilience to climate change, flooding and pollution events”. 7 Soar Catchment Management Plan River Soar Catchment Partnership 4.2 Soar Catchment Partnership Objectives These objectives have been developed by the partnership over a number of workshops when the partnership started out. Partners were asked to identify their key issues and they have been grouped by subject area. Long term objective Long term aspiration Enhance Biodiversity and Natural There is a rich and varied collection of habitats and species Processes across the catchment within the river and the floodplain. Areas of high conservation value are in good condition and are connected by wildlife corridors. Fish can move freely throughout the catchment, with adequate areas for refuge and ample habitat for all life stages. Support Sustainable Flood Risk Rain water is stored and managed to reduce the risk of Management flooding.
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