Subsection

Berry Head to Blackstone Point 11

• Coastal Group: South West

The Berry Head to Blackstone Point Subsection is split into 9 areas. Their boundaries have been set based on analysis of coastal processes and the character of the shoreline. Select an area to find out more information about it.

• Berry Head to Sharkham Point 6B62
• Sharkham Point to Kingswear (South) 6B63
• Dart Estuary - Kingswear (South) to Waterhead Creek 6B64
• Dart Estuary - Waterhead Creek to Greenway Viaduct 6B65
• Dart Estuary - Greenway Viaduct to Totnes South (east bank) 6B66
• Dart Estuary - Totnes 6B67
• Dart Estuary - Totne South (west bank) to Dartmouth (North) 6B68
• Dart Estuary - Dartmouth (North) to Halftide Rock 6B69
• Dart Estuary - Halftide Rock to Blackstone Point 6B70

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General actions for this subsection

There are no actions generic to the whole of this subsection. For actions relating to specific locations, select an area on the map above or use the postcode/location search and click on the Action Plan tab.

All actions are subject to funding and approval, often by other parties than the Lead Organisation shown.

Download SMP documents

The information on this website represents the current SMP management approaches adopted by the local authorities within its area, and current actions needed to deliver them. These management approaches have been approved by the Environment Agency under its Strategic Overview for coastal flood and erosion risk management and are considered to be local policy.

The documents below provide the full SMP adopted locally and approved by the Environment Agency at the time of publication. Some of the information has changed in response to new government policy, new evidence or new work identified.

Data on this page

• Action plan (CSV)
• Policies (CSV)

Main report

• Introduction
• Strategic Environmental Assessment
• Basis for Development of the Plan
• The preferred plan
• Policy statement - part 1
• Policy statement - part 2
• Action plan
• Glossary
• References

Appendices

• Appendix A - SMP Development
• Appendix B - Stakeholder Engagement
• Appendix C - Baseline Process Understanding
  • Appendix C - maps
• Appendix D - Sea Environmental Baseline Report
  • Appendix D - Map (overview)
  • Appendix D - Map
• Appendix E - Issues and Objectives Evaluation
• Appendix F - Initial Policy Appraisal and Scenario Development
• Appendix G - Preferred Policy Scenario Testing
• Appendix H - Economic Appraisal and Sensitivity Testing
• Appendix I - Strategic Environmental Assessment Report
• Appendix J - Appropriate Assessment Report
• Appendix K - Water Framework Directive Assessment Report
• Appendix L - Metadata and Bibliographic Databases
• Appendix M - Action Plan Summary Tables

Supporting Documents

• Summary leaflet
• Non-technical summary

About this subsection

This subsection extends from Berry Head National Nature Reserve near Brixham along the undeveloped open coast cliffs to Kingswear, and both banks of the Dart Estuary to Totnes. The end of this subsection is Blackstone Point, south of Dartmouth Castle, where the coastal orientation turns south-west. The Dart Estuary is a Ria, or flooded river valley, which runs almost dry near Totnes at low tide. Totnes, Kingswear and Dartmouth are popular visitor destinations and support a range of other services and businesses. Erosion rates are generally low in this area with flood risk mainly affecting defended sections of Dartmouth and Totnes.

The Dart Estuary lies within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and South Devon Heritage Coast. It also includes a Marine Conservation Zone.

Related links

• Coastal Group Website
• Coastal Handbook
• National Coast Monitoring
• Flood and coastal erosion risk management: current schemes and strategies
• Designated Sites View