River Basin Planning Framework for the Solway Tweed River Basin District

River Basin Planning Framework for the Solway Tweed River Basin District

Contents

	Foreword
1.	Introduction
1.1	Why do river basin planning?
1.2	A Solway Tweed Framework
2.	River basin planning: guiding principles for the Solway Tweed
3.	The river basin planning process
3.1	Cycles of river basin planning
3.2	River Basin District characterisation
3.3	Preparation of first RBMP
3.3.1	Inception (July–December 2006)
3.3.2	Significant Water Management Issues (October 2006–July 2007)
3.3.3	Draft River Basin Management Plan (August 2007–December 2008)
3.3.4	River Basin Management Plan (January–December 2009)
3.4	Implementation and review (January 2010–December 2015)
3.5	Strategic Environmental Assessment
4.	Working in partnership – the Agencies
4.1	Regulatory functions
4.2	Environmental quality standards
4.3	Environmental monitoring
4.4	Data management systems and reporting
5.	Delivering participation and consultation
5.1	Background
5.2	Guiding principles of stakeholder engagement
5.3	Achieving participation in Solway Tweed
5.4	Working with existing groups and partners
6.	Working in partnership
6.1	Area Advisory Groups
6.1.1	Role
6.1.2	Membership
6.1.3	Chairmanship
6.1.4	Relationship with existing organisations
6.1.5	Support from the Agencies
6.2	Wider stakeholder engagement
6.3	Working at national scale
6.4	Mechanisms to resolve conflict
7.	Co-ordination and co-operation between river basin planning and other planning processes
7.1	The importance of co-ordination and co-operation
7.2	Spatial/land use planning
7.2.1	National Parks Authorities
7.3	Community planning
7.4	Agriculture planning
7.5	Forestry
7.6	Water and sewerage services planning
7.7	Marine, transitional waters and coastal planning
7.8	Natura 2000 sites
7.9	Biodiversity Action Plans
7.10	Freshwater fishery management plans
7.11	Catchment Management Plans
7.12	Flood risk management planning
7.13	Water resource plans
8.	Summary of Framework recommendations and monitoring progress
	List of Acronyms

Map 1:	Solway Tweed River Basin District
Map 2:	Area Advisory Groups boundaries Solway Tweed River Basin District

Table 1:	Summary of actions
Table 2:	Indicators to be monitored

Figure 1:	River basin planning process
Figure 2:	Main stages of the first river basin planning cycle
Figure 3:	Components of good public participation
Figure 4:	Summary of the relationship between different bodies in the river basin planning process for the Solway Tweed RBD