SMP tasks
The information on this page is taken from Defra's Shoreline Management Plan guidance Volume 1: Aims and Requirements and Volume 2: Procedures, March 2006.
For further details visit www.defra.gov.uk
Stage 1 Scope the SMP (December 2006 to May 2007 (initial stakeholder responses received June and July 2007)
Initiate SMP | Agree Client Steering Group membership |
Decide approach to produce SMP | |
Decide scope of work to produce the SMP | |
SMP Definition | Confirm SMP and study boundaries |
Identify any outstanding study requirements for the SMP | |
Agree form of SMP | |
Define Stakeholder Engagement | Define stakeholder engagement strategy |
Identify stakeholders, status and details | |
Contact Elected Members | |
Consultation tasks | Contact stakeholders and inform them of SMP process |
Seek info / data | |
Review defined issues | |
Objective setting | |
Policy Scenario definition | |
Preferred Policy Decision | |
Draft SMP Approval in principle | |
Draft SMP consultation | |
Agreement to changes to SMP | |
Feedback to consultees | |
Dissemination | |
Define public consultation strategy | |
Data Collation | Initiate data collection process and obtain data for the SMP; metadata |
Data management | |
Initial review of data | |
Additional Investigations | Determine estuary limits (if necessary) |
Undertake any modelling/process analysis(if necessary) | |
Update defence information (if necessary) | |
Undertake Heritage Review (if necessary) |
Stage 2 Assessments to Support Policy Development (August 2007 to September 2008)
Baseline Understanding of | Assess coastal process and evolution |
Assess coastal defences | |
Develop Baseline Scenarios | 'No active intervention' (NAI) assessment (defences no longer maintained and will fail) |
'With present management' assessment (defences are maintained to provide existing level of protection) | |
Mapping of predicted shoreline change | |
Define Features, Benefits & Issues | Produce theme review and map spatial data |
Identify key features and issues (relevant to flood and coastal defence) | |
Identify benefits provided by features | |
Define Objectives | Determine objectives (for policy development) |
Review and agree issues and objectives | |
Identify Flood & Erosion Risks | Use NAI assessment to assess risks |
Assess Objectives | Evaluate relative importance of objectives |
Review and agree objective evaluation | |
Strategic Environmental Assessment | |
Stage 3 Policy Development (proposed October 2008 to December 2009)
Define Policy Scenarios | Identify key policy drivers |
Identify potential policy options | |
Develop policy scenarios for assessment | |
Policy Scenario Assessment | Assess shoreline interactions and responses |
Assess achievement of objectives | |
Preferred Scenario Identification | Review scenario testing to agree selection of proposed policies and Policy Units |
Define Policy Units | |
Agree preferred policies | |
Confirm Preferred Policy Scenarios | Sensitivity testing |
Economic assessment | |
Gain Approval in Principle to proceed to consultation | Consult Elected Council Members |
Draft SMP Document Preparation | Draft SMP document |
SMP appendix preparation | |
Draft Strategic Environmental Assessment | |
Draft Appropriate Assessment | |
Draft Water Framework Directive Assessment | |
Confirm Consultation Strategy | Identify consultation method |
Prepare Materials | Produce SMP draft document/s for consultation |
Stage 4 Public Examination (proposed January to March 2010)
Public Consultation | Conduct consultation activities |
Collate consultee responses | |
Assess consultation responses |
Stage 5 Finalise Plan (April to July 2010)
Determine Revisions to Draft SMP | Determine extent and impact of any changes required |
Get agreement to changes | |
Prepare Consultation Report | |
Feedback to consultees | |
Develop Action Plan | Review policy statements to identify where and when works are expected |
Develop a prioritised programme of Strategies | |
Establish any actions that will be required to resolve uncertainties | |
Establish any actions that may be necessary to deal with consequences of plan | |
Finalise SMP | Finalise SMP documents, including Appropriate Assessment, |
Adoption of the SMP | |
Link to Planning | |
Populate national SMP summary database | |
Submit adopted plan to Environment Agency for agreement |
Stage 6 Plan Dissemination (August 2010)
Publicise SMP | Make the SMP accessible |
Publicise SMP completion. | |
Implementation of SMP | Implement action plan programme of identified studies |
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