Start Point to Bolt Head 13
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.
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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
Main report
Appendices
- Appendix A - SMP Development
- Appendix B - Stakeholder Engagement
- Appendix C - Baseline Process Understanding
- Appendix D - Sea Environmental Baseline Report
- 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
About this subsection
This part of the SMP includes settlements at Kingsbridge and Salcombe within the Salcombe-KIngsbridge Estuary. The estuary is a Ria (flooded river valley) with a network of creeks including Waterhead, Southpool and Frogmore.
The remainder of this coastal area is largely undeveloped, except for isolated properties and small villages within the estuary, some of which are at risk of flooding. The coast is characterised by cliffs of outstanding landscape and geological and geomorphological value. In places such as East Prawle, extensive rock platforms lie in front of these cliffs. Elsewhere the cliffs jump up from the sea and turn around headlands as they cross over to Bolt Head. The coast includes a series of coves such as Mattiscombe, Lannacombe and Mill Bay.
The entire shoreline is a Special Area of Conservation for its internationally important wildlife. The Salcombe-Kingsbridge Estuary is part of the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and Site of Special Scientific Interest. To the east of the mouth of the Salcombe-Kingsbridge Estuary the area is designated as the Skerries Bank and Surrounds Marine Conservation Zone.