Subsection

Wembury Point to Devil’s Point 15

• Coastal Group: South West

The Wembury Point to Devil’s Point Subsection is split into 4 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.

• Wembury Point to Moint Batten Breakwater 6C27
• Plym Estuary - Mount Batten Breakwater to Marsh Mills 6C28
• Plym Estuary - Marsh Mills to Coxside 6C29
• Coxside to Devil's Point 6C30

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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 stretch of coastline encompasses the town of Plymstock and Hooe Lake, and the promontory of Mount Batten with its breakwater. It includes the eastern part of the city of Plymouth, extending up the River Plym to the crossing of the A38, a key regional transport route. It ends at Devil’s Point, north-west of Drake Island.

The area includes significant recreational boating, residential, industrial, heritage and transport assets including the ferry terminal. Most of Plymouth lies above the tidal floodplain and is defended from erosion which is anyway minimal in the sheltered area of the Sound. The cliffs along the eastern side of Plymouth Sound are part of the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and include holiday developments at Heybrook Bay and Bovisand.

The entire shoreline is designated as a Special Area of Conservation of Plymouth Sound and Estuaries.

Related links

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