St Austell Bay Resilient Regeneration Project (STARR) Devon Funding is being sought for an innovative scheme aiming to work across the whole of the Par and Sandy river catchments to reduce Cornwall flood risk to communities living and working in the St Austell Bay area, particularly the people of Par and St Blazey. Isles of Scilly The Challenges Inset map A The Benefits • The communities of Par and St Blazey lie in the bed Par River Make St Austell Bay a better of an old estuary. catchment area Decreased flood risk to A30 homes and businesses. place to work, play and live. • Climate change, sea level rise and more intense rainfall are likely to increase the risk of flooding. Decreased flood risk and Act as a national pilot project • Damaging floods occur here every 1-2 years. damage to road and rail to demonstrate the whole • Over 80 floods have been recorded in the area in links. catchment approach to the last 100 years. A30 reducing flood risk. Encourage investment in • A single flood event in Par and St Blazey could cause A391 Use the best scientific Roche the St Austell Bay area. £50m in damages. knowledge and techniques to Improve habitat • Need to store the equivalent of 400 Olympic- Lostwithiel support implementation and for wildlife. sized swimming pools of water throughout monitor impacts/benefits. the catchment in order to protect houses and Bugle Improved bathing water businesses. quality. Luxulyan B3274 Main areas at Enable regeneration of The Solutions risk of floodingA390 community green space Luxulyan Valley and historic structures. Work with nature in the river (World Heritage Site) catchments to slow the flow of water before it reaches local See inset map A communities. StARR proposed project Phases and Timeline Eden Project Work with landowners to St Blazey 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Tywardreath co-design water A391 management Surface water investment: 2017 -2022: Investing in solutions that surface water flood management: when rainwater Par doesn’t drain or soak away and lies on or flows over fit with their St Austell Par Beach the ground. business model. Par Docks Fowey Phase two: 2019 -2022: Investing Design the towns, streets in main river flood management: A390 Charlestown and green spaces to work Sandy River (World Heritage Site) when heavy or prolonged rainfall harder to keep water away catchment area St Austell Bay causes a river to exceed its from homes and businesses. capacity and overtop its bank. Phase three 2021 -2023 and beyond investing in adaptations to climate Work with change: adapting to sea level rise, coastal erosion and dunes moving inland. businesses and Subject to funding approval in 2018 communities Working together to increase flood resilience. Telephone: 0300 1234 100 | Email: [email protected] www.cornwall.gov.uk/starrproject Photos courtesy of of CIRIA 2015 Sustainable Urban 43740 14/18 Drainage Manual, the Tweed Forum and Forest Research. April 2018.