Climate Change Adaptation, South Gloucestershire Action Planning Areas, Responsibilities and Existing Adaptation Activities
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Climate Change Adaptation, South Gloucestershire Action Planning Areas, Responsibilities and Existing Adaptation Activities Action Planning Organisations Summary of Issues, and relevant risks / opportunities from the Existing Adaptation Activities / Service teams and other comprehensive assessment (with short & long term risk rating) 1 relevant stakeholders Utilities and Waste Avon and Somerset Local Summary of Issues Resilience Forum (LRF) – Critical National Infrastructure (including utilities) within the LRF Category 2 responders Utilities (power, water and telecommunications infrastructure) could be Region has been identified by the LRF, and its vulnerability to a damaged by extreme weather including flooding, storminess or heat waves, range of risks (including extreme weather) has been assessed. National Grid with potential for interruptions in supply. Potable water could be contaminated Where significant risks have been identified, response plans have by flooding (fluvial, tidal or surface water). been or are being prepared in collaboration with the owner / Western Power Distribution responsible organisation (predominantly ‘Category 2’ responders). Climate change could increase demand for utilities, eg: However, LRF risk assessment is only undertaken with a five year Transco • Increase in communications (phone, internet) during and after an extreme time horizon. (Info on critical infrastructure is restricted) event; Bristol Water • Increased demand for water during hot summer months Work undertaken by individual utilities companies to increase • Increased demand for power and water with arrival of migrants from areas resilience to extreme weather (need to clarify scope of work Wessex Water worse affected by climate change undertaken to date) BT Climate change may affect the types of waste we produce. The waste Strategic Framework and Policy Statement on Improving the management process could also be vulnerable to the impact of extreme Resilience of Critical Infrastructure to Disruption from Natural 2 Oldbury Power Station weather. Hazards – Cabinet Office Consultation, Oct ’09 Seabank Power Station Relevant risks and opportunities from the comprehensive assessment S Glos-wide and Avonmouth & Severnside Strategic Flood Risk 3 4 • Fluvial flood defences unable to cope with increased flood risk – with Assessments - provide details on areas of S Glos at risk of fluvial Emergency Services associated flooding/disruption of utilities (6, 9) and tidal flooding • Tidal flood defences unable to cope with increased flood risk – with 5 SGC – Emergency Planning associated flooding/disruption of utilities (6, 9) Severn Estuary Flood Risk Management Strategy - provides • Surface water drainage and sewerage systems unable to cope with evidence base re flood risk and what action needs to be taken. 1 Short term (now – 2026) and Long term (thereafter) risk rating from 1 (very low risk) to 9 (very high risk), from results of SGC and Partners Climate Change Adaptation Risk Assessment undertaken during July 2009 2 http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/media/308367/sfps-consultation.pdf 3 http://www.southglos.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/72D86103-23D7-45C3-8033-4345C3BE1FD7/0/PTE090113.pdf 4 http://www.southglos.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/CA512EAA-E2F3-4664-BD49-9A3EBA7CCD16/0/AvonmouthSevernsideSFRA.pdf 5 http://www.severnestuary.net/frms/index.html 1 Action Planning Organisations Summary of Issues, and relevant risks / opportunities from the Existing Adaptation Activities / Service teams and other comprehensive assessment (with short & long term risk rating) 1 relevant stakeholders SGC – Waste Management increased intensity of rainfall – with associated flooding/disruption of utilities Recommendations will feed into the Severn Shoreline Management (4, 6) Plan 6 Other WoE local authorities • Damage to broadband/telecoms due to extreme weather (3, 6) (Bristol, B&NES, N Somerset) • Increased pressure on infrastructure, utilities and services (e.g. housing, Heatwave Plans education) from arrival of migrants from areas worst affected by climate change (2, 6) • Subsidence and/or heave affecting the integrity of buildings or underground infrastructure (1, 2) • Increased pressure on utilities from tourism (1, 2) Transport LRF – Category 2 responders Summary of Issues Critical National Infrastructure (including strategic transport Highways Agency Transport infrastructure could be disrupted by extreme weather including infrastructure) within the LRF Region has been identified by the LRF, flooding, storminess, heat waves, or very cold weather. Disruption to transport and its vulnerability to a range of risks (including extreme weather) Network Rail infrastructure has implications for individuals and businesses, and potentially has been assessed. Where significant risks have been identified, for emergency services seeking to access people or infrastructure and/or response plans have been or are being prepared in collaboration with Public transport operators health premises. the responsible organisation (predominantly ‘Category 2’ responders). However, LRF risk assessment is only undertaken with Emergency Services Relevant risks and opportunities from the comprehensive assessment a five year time horizon. (Info on critical infrastructure is restricted). SGC – Emergency Planning • Tidal flood defences unable to cope with increased flood risk – with Work undertaken by transport companies to increase resilience to associated flooding/disruption of transport infrastructure (6, 9) extreme weather (need to clarify scope of work already undertaken) SGC – Highways (Street Care • Fluvial flood defences unable to cope with increased flood risk – with and PTSE) associated flooding/disruption of transport infrastructure (4, 6) Strategic Framework and Policy Statement on Improving the • Surface water drainage and sewerage systems unable to cope with Resilience of Critical Infrastructure to Disruption from Natural 7 SGC – Transport Policy team, increased intensity of rainfall – with associated flooding/disruption of Hazards – Cabinet Office Consultation, Oct ’09 and Integrated Transport Unit transport infrastructure (3, 3) S Glos-wide and Avonmouth & Severnside Strategic Flood Risk • Subsidence and/or heave affecting the integrity of transport infrastructure (1, 8 9 Other WoE local authorities 2) Assessments - provide details on areas of S Glos at risk of fluvial (Bristol, B&NES, N Somerset) and tidal flooding 6 http://www.severnestuary.net/secg/smp.html 7 http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/media/308367/sfps-consultation.pdf 8 http://www.southglos.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/72D86103-23D7-45C3-8033-4345C3BE1FD7/0/PTE090113.pdf 9 http://www.southglos.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/CA512EAA-E2F3-4664-BD49-9A3EBA7CCD16/0/AvonmouthSevernsideSFRA.pdf 2 Action Planning Organisations Summary of Issues, and relevant risks / opportunities from the Existing Adaptation Activities / Service teams and other comprehensive assessment (with short & long term risk rating) 1 relevant stakeholders Severn Estuary Flood Risk Management Strategy 10 - provides evidence base re flood risk and what action needs to be taken. Recommendations will feed into the Severn Shoreline Management Plan 11 SGC are working with Wessex Water on a joint asset management project, with electronic mapping of highway drainage and watercourse routings, mine shafts, etc from paper records. This will enable improved flood modelling. Street Care Operational Response Plan includes identification of known surface water flooding trouble spots – including some known flood spots on local road network Heatwave Plans New Development SGC Members Summary of Issues Existing planning policy in place to prevent development in areas at risk of flooding, and to protect and enhance open spaces and SGC Spatial Planning (GI and Future use of land and distribution / design of new development needs to biodiversity. (Does not necessarily take into account changes in LDF) reflect anticipated changes in weather and climate, for example: demand for / role of open spaces for climate change adaptation). • Improving habitat connectivity to help enable species to adapt / move SGC Development Control • Increasing tree cover for shading during hotter summers Development of LDF • Protecting land for local production of food SGC Building Control • Protecting and enhancing the role that open spaces in S Glos play in Green Infrastructure work ongoing to inform development of S Glos slowing and containing run-off LDF and Green Spaces Strategy SGC Major Sites Team • Ensuring new development is not at unacceptable risk of flooding, and does not exacerbate flood risk elsewhere Strategic GI Consultation Event held in January 2010 SGC CYP Changes in the weather anticipated as a result of climate change could require NI189 Action Plan Environment Agency changes in the specification of some new buildings / infrastructure eg to improve water efficiency, and to reduce risk of over-heating, flooding, etc. S Glos-wide and Avonmouth & Severnside Strategic Flood Risk Natural England Assessments. 10 http://www.severnestuary.net/frms/index.html 11 http://www.severnestuary.net/secg/smp.html 3 Action Planning Organisations Summary of Issues, and relevant risks / opportunities from the Existing Adaptation Activities / Service teams and other comprehensive assessment (with short & long term risk rating) 1 relevant stakeholders Regional Assembly (SW RSS) Relevant risks and opportunities from the comprehensive assessment Catchment Flood Management Plans (Severn Tidal Tributaries and Bristol Avon) Developers