Sharpness to Severn Crossings 8
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.
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Appendices
- Appendix A - Development of the SMP
- Appendix B - Stakeholder engagement and consultation
- Appendix C - Baseline understanding
- Appendix D - Theme review
- Appendix E - Issues and features
- Appendix F - Policy development and appraisal
- Appendix G - Preferred management approach testing
- Appendix H - Economics
- Appendix I – Section A – SEA
- Appendix I – Section B – HRA
- Appendix I – Section Annexes – Policy and Plan Review
- Appendix J - WFD assessment
- Appendix K - Metadata and bibliographic database
About this subsection
The subsection encompasses the shoreline from downstream of Sharpness, to Aust at Severn Crossings. Here the M48 crosses the Severn at the promontory formed at Aust Rock.
The nuclear power stations of Oldbury and Berkeley, undergoing decommissioning, are significant features of the area informing flood risk management. Villages such as Oldbury and Berkely are set back from the estuary, and a number of local roads and isolated properties lie within the flood plain. Otherwise, much of the land use is agriculture on gently rising ground or historically land claimed from low-lying marshes of the Severn’s floodplain.
The Severn Estuary including its remaining inter-tidal areas is a designated Special Area of Conservation. It also includes large areas of designated Special Protection Area, Site of Special Scientific Interest and Ramsar site. It is therefore legally protected for its internationally important wildlife value.