Wembury Point to Devil’s Point 15
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
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 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.