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Wiltshire Swindon & Oxfordshire Canal Partnership www.canalpartnership.org.uk A Restoration Strategy for the Completion and Future Development of the Wilts & Berks Canal Complete revision December 2015 Abridged version Page 1 of 119 The Canal Partnership Governance Membership of the Partnership shall consist of the Local Authorities, through whose geographical area the canal passes, as well as the Wilts & Berks Canal Trust. Other organisations are invited to join the Partnership to lend their technical, advisory and commercial knowledge and expertise. The Partnership shall co-ordinate the interest of its members as required and as defined by the restoration of the Wilts & Berks Canal. Members As at April 2015: Local Authorities Oxfordshire County Council Swindon Borough Council Vale of White Horse District Council Wiltshire Council Wilts & Berks Canal Trust Town & Parish Councils Cricklade Town Council Melksham Town Council Melksham Without Parish Council Wootton Bassett Town Council Other Organisations Canal & River Trust Canoe England Chippenham Vision Cooper Tires Cotswold Canals Trust Environment Agency Inland Waterways Association Kennet & Avon Canal Trust Melksham Community Area Partnership Melksham Chamber of Commerce Nationwide Building Society Natural England Sustrans Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce Thames Water Utilities Ltd The Partnership seeks to further extend membership to other key organisations and to encourage all partners to engage in the opportunities of restoration and regeneration. Page 2 of 119 Our vision: By 2025, to have made substantial progress to restore a navigable waterway for recreation and leisure for local communities, to support a rich diversity of wildlife, and to create economic benefit in the waterway corridor. Accessible routes on the towpath for everyone in the community e.g. cycling, walking. A corridor of aquatic habitat and vegetation to support a rich mix of wildlife and provide connections between existing habitat sites. Opportunities for education to bring alive National Curriculum topics like history, geography, design and technology, science. A route for narrow boats, canoes and other waterway users. Integration of the waterway into local flood defence plans. Delivery: By 2016 to have created a MasterPlan for restoration By 2016 creation of a Delivery Authority By 2016 to have contacted all relevant landowners and by 2017 have developed a strategy for ownership of the canal route including conversion of current short- term agreements licences and leases. The construction will be divided into four major programmes and by 2017 each programme will have written a Business Plan. As part of the MasterPlan to continue to: Support the key volunteer led construction and restoration by members of the Wilts & Berks Canal Trust , local communities, and external organisations. Extend sections and towpaths already completed. Create sustainable stand-alone sections of canal. Instigate publicity for accessible sections of canal and towpath to encourage use by walkers, cyclists, and canoeists. Create agreements for land acquisition to create towpaths and accessibility. Use opportunities for restoration of isolated structures. Maintenance To create a sustainable project with long-term agreements for operational maintenance. Setting up of Navigation Authority. Creation of funding stream for essential maintenance. Volunteer and community compacts and agreements Implementation of Wilts & Berks Canal Trust Maintenance Policy l Page 3 of 119 Contents Preface – The Canal Partnership Vision 1. Executive Summary 2. Introduction 3. Issues and Options 4. Achievements 5. Programme for Restoration 6. Delivery 7. 5 Year Work Programme Appendices: A Project Map of Waterways B List of Wilts & Berks Canal studies C National and Regional References D Infrastructure Delivery Programme Page 4 of 119 1 Executive Summary The restoration of the Wilts & Berks Canal is supported by the Canal Partnership to deliver a community asset and green infrastructure linking Wiltshire, Swindon and Oxfordshire. The plans conform with national and local policies and plans and the Partnership seeks to continue the protection from development of the canal route for the life time of the current Local Plans This Strategy Document forms the basis to produce a Masterplan and when this is agreed by the Partnership a full Business Plan will be written . Economic and social benefit will be significant which will be demonstrated in the Business Plan for each of the proposed programmes. Sources of funding for the project will be demonstrated in the Business Plan. A clear strategy for ownership of the canal corridor will be developed. Funding will be sought from third party sources wherever possible including substantial enabling development where relevant and possible. The delivery of the project will be over a number of years and be substantially completed in the period 2025-2031. Opportunities to use the waterway for local flood control schemes will be investigated and implemented where practical. The Partnership has already made accessible over 30% of the main canal route and the top priority is to complete landowner negotiations and obtain agreements to open all the towpath by 2018. Swindon is recognised as the hub of this restoration and the proposed Southern Canals Network. Waterfront Swindon will be developed as an urgent priority and will be connected to the national network at the earliest opportunity. To gain maximum public and environmental benefit at the earliest opportunity, discrete sections of the waterway will be restored to work as isolated and viable sections. Page 5 of 119 Sustainability will be built into the plans to allow long term maintenance of the operational waterway. Community and volunteer participation are vital elements in both restoration and maintenance and they will be streamlined and accentuated to be a beacon of community empowerment and achievement. During the Masterplanning phase, considerable emphasis will be placed upon use of new technologies in construction, harvesting of renewable energy and flood defences in clear demonstration of a fully sustainable national asset. The economic social and environmental value of the restoration and regeneration of the Wilts & Berks Canal has not to date been fully assessed and quantified. The Partnership will seek as a matter of urgency to fully define at a Programme level the likely Gross Value Added (GVA) and employment created by the restoration of the canal Page 6 of 119 2 Introduction The Wilts & Berks Canal was formally abandoned by Act of Parliament in 1914. Ownership of the canal was returned to adjacent landowners and Local Authorities. The main line of the canal runs from Abingdon on the River Thames to Semington on the Kennet & Avon Canal; the North Wilts branch of the canal runs from Swindon to Cricklade, and there were branches at Calne, Chippenham, Longcot and Wantage. Over 30 years the Wilts & Berks Canal Trust (WBCT) [formerly the Wilts & Berks Canal Amenity Group] has campaigned for protection and restoration of the canal through Wiltshire and Oxfordshire. In 2001 the Wilts & Berks Canal Partnership was formed to link the work of the Trust volunteers to the strategic requirements to put in place a plan to restore the waterway. The Partnership changed its name to the Wiltshire Swindon & Oxfordshire Canal Partnership in 2011 to more closely recognise the current location of the project. In formulating the restoration plan account has been taken of the obstruction caused by building development to some of the original route, and where appropriate alternative routes have been chosen. The Trust and Partnership have commissioned a number of major studies to determine the technical feasibility of the project and to assess routes, environmental issues, and deliverability. National Context The Government has recognised the importance of waterways restoration and produced Waterways for Tomorrow as a white paper in 2000. British Waterways assessed all restoration projects and in 2005 published its strategy ‘Waterways 2025’. The restoration of Wilts & Berks Canal is supported in this strategy and is linked to the project to restore the Cotswold Canals. Page 7 of 119 In 2012 British Waterways became a charity (Canal and River Trust). CRT has been set up so that it may incorporate further waterways. CRT has indicated that they will engage and help with restoration; however because of likely funding issues for CRT, the Partnership is working on the assumption that it will have to operate as a sustainable stand-alone navigation authority. Jointly in 2015 CRT and the Inland Waterways Association are collating a ‘State of the Nation’ survey of waterways restoration with the aim of documenting the likely benefits on a macro scale. Planning Context Waterway restoration schemes are subject to the current National Planning Policy Framework. For a number of years the route corridor for the Wilts & Berks Canal has been protected in the adopted Local Plans of the relevant Local Authorities. Working with all Local Authority Partners the Canal Trust will include the restoration of the canal corridor in the Core Strategies and Local Plans within the Local Development Framework. Water Supply In 2007 the Partnership commissioned consultants to produce a report to define the water supply requirements and strategic solutions for the canal. The introduction of the requirements of the Water Framework Directive will require further work to confirm
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