Frome and Piddle Catchment Flood Management Plan – Revised Action Plans Table 7.2 ‐ Summary table of action plan for policy unit 2 (Northern Chalkland) Policy 6 ‐ Areas of low to moderate flood risk where we will take action with others to store water or manage run‐off in locations that provide overall flood risk reduction or environmental benefits Year Action Relevant objectives Monitoring indicators Success criteria Organisations Timescale Priority Added responsible 2009 2.1 Investigate the FRM Prevent an increase in the Annual average damages a) Investigation Environment a) By 2015 High opportunities arising from the economic damages to agricultural to agricultural land. undertaken. Agency; b) Ongoing Catchment Sensitive Farming land caused by flooding in the NFU; b) Actions to ensure initiative and Environmental rural areas of the River Frome and Natural England; Stewardship schemes and act to Piddle. realisation land managers; ensure they are realised. Prevent an increase in the Annual average damages implemented. economic damages to residential to residential properties. FWAG. properties caused by river and tidally influenced flooding in Sydling St Nicholas, Cerne Abbas, Piddletrenthide, Bere Regis and Milborne St Andrew and settlements downstream. Prevent an increase in the river Annual average damages and tidally influenced flooding of to commercial properties commercial properties and and services. services in Piddletrenthide and settlements downstream. Prevent an increase in the number The number of people of people affected by river and affected by flooding for tidally influenced flooding in the 1% AEP event. Sydling St Nicholas, Cerne Abbas, Piddletrenthide, Bere Regis and Milborne St Andrew and settlements downstream. Environment Agency 1 Frome and Piddle Catchment Flood Management Plan Revised Action Plan – October 2011 Year Action Relevant objectives Monitoring indicators Success criteria Organisations Timescale Priority Added responsible 2009 2.2 Investigate the potential FRM Prevent an increase in the Annual average damages a) Investigation Environment a) By 2020 Medium benefits of the AONB tree and economic damages to agricultural to agricultural land. undertaken Agency; b) Ongoing woodland planting programme land caused by flooding in the Natural England b) Actions taken to and act to ensure that any rural areas of the River Frome and (Dorset AONB); ensure realisation. opportunities are realised, whilst Piddle. land managers; considering the effects on the Prevent an increase in the Annual average damages NFU; SSSI. economic damages to residential to residential properties. properties caused by river and FWAG. tidally influenced flooding in Sydling St Nicholas, Cerne Abbas, Piddletrenthide, Bere Regis and Milborne St Andrew and settlements downstream. Prevent an increase in the river Annual average damages and tidally influenced flooding of to commercial properties commercial properties and and services. services in Piddletrenthide and settlements downstream. Reduce flood risk to infrastructure, Length of road and rail in particular transport links such as infrastructure at risk from roads and railways across the flooding in the 1% AEP CFMP area. event. Improve or prevent inconsistent A qualitative assessment changes to the non‐urban areas of of landscape character. Dorset Downs and Cranborne Chase Character Areas. Prevent an increase in the number The number of people of people affected by river and affected by flooding for tidally influenced flooding in the 1% AEP event. Sydling St Nicholas, Cerne Abbas, Piddletrenthide, Bere Regis and Milborne St Andrew and settlements downstream. Environment Agency 2 Frome and Piddle Catchment Flood Management Plan Revised Action Plan – October 2011 Year Action Relevant objectives Monitoring indicators Success criteria Organisations Timescale Priority Added responsible 2009 2.3 a) Undertake an investigation Increase the area of wetland Area of wetland habitat. a) Investigation Environment a) By 2020 Medium of the restoration of water habitat to fulfil Environment completed. Agency; b) By 2025 meadows on the Sydling Water to Agency target areas in the CFMP Land managers; b) Water meadows regulate flows, ensuring that any area. Natural England; effects on the SSSI are considered. restored. Improve or prevent inconsistent A qualitative assessment Wildlife Trust. b) Restore water meadows in changes to the non‐urban areas of of landscape character. accordance with findings of the Dorset Downs and Cranborne investigation. Chase Character Areas. 2011 2.4 a) Identify specific locations Where appropriate, utilise rivers Length of naturally a) Locations Environment a) By 2018 High and devise schemes where and floodplains for the benefit of functioning watercourse identified and Agency; b) By 2020 watercourses and floodplains can nature conservation and restore and area of naturally schemes devised. Natural England; be restored by and reducing them to their naturally functioning floodplain. land managers; conveyance where appropriate, functioning state, particularly in b) Identified NFU; reducing incidents of tree the urban areas of the River schemes clearance in the river corridor Frome and Piddle. implemented. FWAG; (where such features do not Dorset County increase the flood risk) and Improve or prevent inconsistent A qualitative assessment Council. removing or altering obstructions changes to the non‐urban areas of of landscape character. such as road and foot bridges. Dorset Downs and Cranborne Chase Character Areas. b) Implement findings. 2009 2.5 a) Undertake a study to assess Protect and enhance SSSI, such as Percentage of SSSIs a) Study completed. Environment a) By 2020 Medium effect of the changes to flooding Langford Meadow. meeting PSA target. Agency; b) Mitigation b) By 2030 on SSSI. Natural England; measures devised b) If necessary, devise and and implemented. land managers; implement mitigation measures to NFU; protect SSSI. FWAG. Environment Agency 3 Frome and Piddle Catchment Flood Management Plan Revised Action Plan – October 2011 Year Action Relevant objectives Monitoring indicators Success criteria Organisations Timescale Priority Added responsible 2011 2.6 Identify and survey Reduce flood risk to Length of road and rail a) Infrastructure Environment a) By 2015 High infrastructure at risk and take infrastructure, in particular infrastructure at risk from identified and Agency; b) By 2020 measures to increase flood transport links such as roads and flooding in the 1% AEP surveyed. Dorset County resilience. railways across the CFMP area. event. Council; b) Measures taken to increase flood West Dorset District resilience. Council; Highways Agency; Network Rail; Wessex Water. 2011 2.7 a) Investigate the impact of Prevent an increase in the Damages to residential a) Investigation Dorset County a) By 2015 Medium raised groundwater and springs economic damages to residential and commercial completed and Council; b) By 2020 on the urban areas of Cerne and commercial properties caused properties caused by baseline Environment Abbas, Sydling St Nicholas, by groundwater flooding in Cerne groundwater flooding. information Agency; Charminster, Milborne St Andrew Abbas, Sydling St Nicholas, established. West Dorset , and the Piddle villages and Charminster, Milborne St Andrew North Dorset, and establish baseline information on an the Piddle villages. b) Feasibility damages. considered. Purbeck District Councils; b) Consider feasibility of Wessex Water. mitigation measures. Environment Agency 4 Frome and Piddle Catchment Flood Management Plan Revised Action Plan – October 2011 Table 7.7 ‐ Summary table of action plan for policy unit 7 (Poole) Policy 4 ‐ Areas of low, moderate or high flood risk where we are already managing the flood risk effectively but where we may need to take further actions to keep pace with climate change Year Added Action Relevant objectives Monitoring Success criteria Organisations Timescale Priority indicators responsible 2011 7.1 a) Carry out a study to Reduce flood risk to Length of road and a) Study completed and Poole Borough a) By 2010 High research historic surface infrastructure, in rail infrastructure at monitoring system set Council; b) By 2015 water flooding events and particular transport links risk from surface up. Environment c) By 2025 to set up systems to such as roads and railways water flooding. b) Surface water Agency measure and record all across the CFMP area. management plans Dorset County future surface water Prevent an increase in the Damages to undertaken. Council; flooding events and impacts economic damages to residential and c) Findings Wessex Water. in order to establish residential and commercial implemented. baseline information and a commercial properties properties caused monitoring programme. caused by surface water by surface water b) Undertake surface water flooding in Poole. flooding. management plans for Poole and within these investigate retrofitting appropriate drainage techniques and other measures to deal with tide locking issues. c) Implement findings. Table 7.9 ‐ Summary table of action plan for policy unit 9 (Swanage) Policy 4 ‐ Areas of low, moderate or high flood risk where we are already managing the flood risk effectively but where we may need to take further actions to keep pace with climate change Year Action Objectives Monitoring indicators Success criteria Organisations Timescale Priority Added responsible 2009 9.1 Use awareness campaigns Prevent an increase in the Number of people Awareness