East Devon CatchmentAction Plan2019 – NExt review Due July 2020

to deliver positive and sustained outcomes for the east devon catchment through local collaboration

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ContentsCatchment Based Approach....................................................................................................2

Background..........................................................................................................................2One catchment within a regional basin...................................................................................3The East Devon Catchment – Catchment 22...........................................................................4

The landscape, land use and water...................................................................................4Water Quality....................................................................................................................4Nutrient enrichment..........................................................................................................4Soil runoff and sediment pollution....................................................................................5Bathing waters..................................................................................................................5

Key principle and strategic goals for the catchment...............................................................6Our key principle..................................................................................................................6Our primary goals................................................................................................................6Our Community Engagement...............................................................................................6The key additional benefits..................................................................................................6

Operational Catchments.........................................................................................................7Creedy and West Exe...........................................................................................................7Exe (Main River)...................................................................................................................9Clyst and Culm...................................................................................................................11Sid and Otter......................................................................................................................13Axe & Lim (including Branscombe)....................................................................................15Appendix 1 – The Partnership.............................................................................................17

Catchment Partnership Membership...............................................................................17Other key partners..........................................................................................................17Partner operational scope...............................................................................................17

Appendix 2 – The Action Plan - a summary........................................................................18Timetable and key targets (updated June 2018).............................................................18

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Catchment Based Approach Background

This action plan has been developed by the East Devon Catchment Partnership. The Partnership, established in 2014 under the Catchment Based Approach programme, has the following objectives: To deliver positive and sustained outcomes for the water environment by promoting a better understanding of the environment at a local level; and To encourage local collaboration and more transparent decision-making when both planning and delivering activities to improve the water environment. Adopting the approach will promote the development of more appropriate River Basin Management Plans (which underpin the delivery of the objectives of the Water Framework Directive) but will also provide a platform for engagement, discussion and decisions of much wider benefits including tackling diffuse agricultural and urban pollution, and widespread, historical alterations to the natural form of channels.

The partnership has identified key areas for focus in developing its approach in order to maximise opportunities to support the enhancement and delivery of other ecosystem services, including flood mitigation, carbon storage, and biodiversity. Specific additional outcomes that could be achieved through this action plan include:

enhancement of biodiversity including; helping to deliver Biodiversity 2020 targets; targeting activities to help rebuild an ecologically coherent network in line with Making Space for Nature (Lawton 2010) and Natural Environment White Paper (2011). Such a network is the vital underpinning to the long term provision of many ecosystem services within the catchment;

Increased community awareness of and engagement in their local rivers, encouraging long term stewardship of local areas of the catchment;

enhancing farmer and landowner knowledge and awareness of the potential impacts of their activities on the health of water bodies within the catchment and supporting them to address this;

pooling and adding to current research knowledge related to Upstream Thinking and for example the wider work being undertaken at Rothamstead Research, North Wyke

developing new relationships and project partners* with common goals.*Details of the Partnership are contained in Appendix 1. It is expected and hoped that composition of the Partnership will evolve over time as a result of delivery, outcomes and wider engagement.

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One catchment within a regional basin

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SOUTH WEST CATCHMENTSOPERATIONAL CATCHMENTSEAST DEVON

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The East Devon Catchment – Catchment 22

The landscape, land use and waterThe East Devon catchment has a varied landscape and stretches from Exmoor and the Blackdown Hills in the north to Exmouth and the Jurassic coast and west Dorset. At approximately 750 sq.km, the East Devon catchment drains the rivers Exe, Otter, Sid, Axe and Lim. Only 7% of the catchment is developed compared to the national average of 16%. The main urban areas are Exeter, Crediton, Tiverton and Cullompton. East Devon is predominantly agricultural, with lowland cattle and sheep farms constituting 38% of the farming practice. The population of the catchment includes the main urban areas of Exeter, Crediton, Tiverton and Cullompton. Exeter, the county town of Devon, has a population of 119,600.

The catchment contains one National Park and three Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) covering 66% of the catchment. East Devon’s varied landscape provides ecologically important habitat, with 4 Special Areas of Conservation (SACs), 1 Special Protected Area (SPA), 1 National Nature Reserve (NNR) and 29 Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs).

There are 103 river water bodies in the catchment as well as 4 lakes, 4 estuaries, 10 groundwater bodies and coastal waters to the south. There are areas in the catchment where the benefits of the water environment is recognised and designated as protected areas. These areas can be designated as protected for several reasons, whether they are important habitats, bathing waters or areas around drinking sources.

Water Quality Rivers, groundwater and coastal waters in East Devon are used for drinking water, recreation and should support healthy fisheries and wildlife. There are a number of water problems affecting the Rivers Axe, Otter and Clyst mainly related to manures, slurry and soil entering the river. There are also water quality problems related to sewage and runoff from urban areas. However, the pressure from manure and slurry from farming is greater. In terms of potential pollution loading, a dairy cow is equivalent to about 50 people (Biochemical Oxygen Demand population equivalent). Therefore, a single herd of 250 dairy cows is equivalent to a population of 12,500, about the size of Honiton.

Nutrient enrichmentOur rivers are monitored regularly to meet standards set out in the Water Framework Directive. Widespread non-compliance with objectives occurred during 2014 on all rivers (including the Rivers Axe, Sid, Otter and Clyst) caused by nutrient enrichment affecting phosphate levels, algae and aquatic plants.Parts of the River Axe are designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and Special Area of Conservation (SAC). At the moment the river is in an 'Unfavourable

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Declining' condition due to siltation and nutrient enrichment which is affecting the plant and animal communities.

Soil runoff and sediment pollutionSalmon are particularly sensitive to sediment pollution that affects the quality of spawning habitat. The salmon population of the River Axe declined through the 1970s and 1980s to the extent where no salmon were recorded in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Most of the adult salmon returning to the Axe at present are probably derived from introduced hatchery reared fish as part of rehabilitation work, although there has been some natural reproduction.The Rivers Otter and Sid do not support a salmon population due to historical barriers affecting fish migration. The River Clyst is not a natural salmon river. However, water quality is poor in this river affecting Water Framework Directive objectives to protect fish such as trout.

Bathing watersCoastal waters in East Devon meet Bathing Water Directive standards for bacteria. However, bathing waters at Budleigh Salterton and Seaton are subject to short term pollution caused when heavy rainfall washes faecal material into the sea from livestock, sewage and urban drainage via rivers. These waters have had warnings advising against swimming in recent years.

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In 2009 30% of water bodies in the East Devon catchment where classified at good ecological status or better under the Water Framework Directive. The Environment Agency has investigated the possible reasons for failure and found that diffuse pollution from agricultural sources account for 54% of the water bodies not achieving good status and barriers to migratory fish account for 23%.

Key principle and strategic goals for the catchment

Our key principleTo support actions that maximise expenditure and that provide the best value for money

Our primary goals1. Prevent deterioration of the watercourse 2. Contribute to protected area* objectives 3. Maintain and enhance water quality and habitat for ecology in and around

watercourses to secure good status in the highest number of water bodies and the highest number of elements

4. Reduce wildlife impact of man-made structures in the watercourse5. Reduce impact of diffuse and point source pollution (agriculture, domestic, industry

(creamery, paper mills, etc).6. Control invasive species – Himalayan Balsam, Japanese Knotweed, Giant Hogweed –

all catchments. Non-native Crayfish – Exe.

Our Community Engagement 1. Provide wider benefits that result in improvements near to where people live in

particular for a. Community engagement and educational value/awareness b. Access and enjoyment of the local countryside and greenspace

The key additional benefits 1. Improve marine or fisheries environment 2. Alleviate flooding – combine benefits for flooding and diffuse pollution reduction and

ecology.3. Improve biodiversity – help meet Biodiversity 2020 and Countryside Stewardship

targets.4. Provide socio-economic benefits, in particular to areas of high economic deprivation 5. Deliver eco-system services

a. Maintain landscape and historic environmentb. Community involvement

6* Protected areas are areas as defined under the Water Framework Directive and include [numbers in the East Devon catchment]• Bathing Waters [19]• Drinking water protected areas [7]• Shellfish waters [2]

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Operational CatchmentsCreedy and West Exe

Outline of the Catchment

The Creedy & West Exe catchment is west of the main River Exe. This catchment is mainly agricultural and rural in nature. Crediton and western Exeter are the main areas of urbanisation. The Creedy merges with the River Yeo just below Crediton, and ends where it meets the River Exe at Cowley Bridge. The catchment contains a number of tidally influenced streams, which empty into the Exe Estuary, and the popular coastal resort of Dawlish and Dawlish Warren is found at the lower end of the catchment

C22 partners operating in this catchment Dartmoor NPA Environment Agency Exe Estuary Management Partnership East Devon District Council FWAG SW National Trust Natural England South West Water Westcountry Rivers Trust

Other key partners operating in this catchment County, City, District, Town and Parish Councils Exeter Waterways Partnership (to be formed) Devon and Severn IFCA RSPB

Key issues and targets1 Improve modified physical habitats Manage invasive non-native species Manage pollution from waste water Manage pollution from rural areas

1 For all operational catchments as identified in the East Devon Catchment Management A summary of information about the water environment in East Devon Management Catchment (EA 2014)

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* Protected areas are areas as defined under the Water Framework Directive and include [numbers in the East Devon catchment]• Bathing Waters [19]• Drinking water protected areas [7]• Shellfish waters [2]

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Existing action Upstream thinking (SWW/WRT) Catchment Sensitive Farming (NE)

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Existing action: Upstream Thinking South West Water, in collaboration with a group of regional conservation charities, including the Westcountry Rivers Trust, have initiated one of the largest and most innovative conservation projects in the UK, called the ‘Upstream Thinking Initiative’.

WRT’s work aims to improve raw water quality through a collaborative approach that sees landowners informed and assisted in the protection of river catchments. Tailored one-to-one advice and farm plans are supported by a capital grant scheme.

The work in this catchment is focused on Cofton Cross drinking water boreholes

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Exe (Main River)

Outline of the Catchment The Rivers Exe and Barle rise in the wet open moorland of Exmoor before running through a steep sided valley featuring extensive ancient oak woodlands. Below Dulverton (Somerset) the River Barle joins the Exe, and from here the Exe and its tributaries cut through the Culm Measures, creating valleys with rounded ridges. In the lower end of the catchment, the floodplain widens out through the gently undulating Devon landscape. Beyond Tiverton the rich farmland of the Devon Redland extends to the coast. The Exe meets the sea below Exeter; the Exe Estuary is designated as a SSSI and a SPA.

C22 partners operating in this catchment Devon Wildlife Trust East Devon District Council Exe Estuary Management Partnership Exmoor NP Exmoor Mires Partnership Environment Agency National Trust Natural England South West Water Westcountry Rivers Trust

Other key partners operating in this catchment County, City, District, Town and Parish Councils Devon and Severn IFCA Exe Estuary Users Association Exe Mitigation group Exeter Waterways Partnership (to be formed) FWAG SW River Exe &Tributaries Association RSPB

Key issues and targets Improve modified physical habitats Improve the natural flow and level of water Manage invasive non-native species Manage pollution from rural areas Exe Estuary Shellfish Water record of poor compliance

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Existing action Headwaters of the Exe catchment Programme (WRT/SWW/Exmoor NP) Axe and Exe River improvement project (WRT) Exmoor Mires Project (SWW/Exmoor NP/ Catchment Sensitive Farming (NE) Upstream Thinking (SWW, WRT, DWT)

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Existing action: Headwaters of the Exe catchment Programme (2015-2020)Devon Wildlife Trust and Westcountry Rivers Trust, in partnership with South West Water, have extended their work on farm management advice and habitat work to address the mobile pesticide pressures on the Exe catchment. This includes three work packages covering:

Data assessment and targeting Intensively farmed, lowland natural habitat, farm advice and grants Extensively farmed, upland natural habitat, farm advice and habitat work.

Through data review/targeting WRT will build on current evidence to ensure all works are targeted for maximum efficiency using Chemcatcher technology and pesticide forecasting work. From this work the advisors will give one to one advice on best management, farmer training, as well as grant incentives for capital work as a way of removing and reducing pollutants getting to the Water Treatment Works.

Additionally, the project will work on grazing marsh along the main Exe river channel between Allers and Pynes, as well as culm grasslands, most notably in the western parts of the catchment, and semi-natural woodland cover to buffer pollutants reaching the river, but also as a silt trap in times of flooding.

DWT will provide advice, management grants and support applications to agri-environment funding to restore and protect the habitats within the catchment as a way of buffering and filtering pollutants from entering watercourses. Semi-natural habitat such as flood plain, wooded slopes, wet grassland and farm ponds will increase the buffer and filter

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Clyst and Culm

Outline of the CatchmentThe Clyst and Culm catchment is east of the main River Exe. The Clyst rises near the village of Clyst William near Cullompton and joins the Exe just south of Topsham. The Culm rises in the Blackdown Hills at Culmhead and converges with the main Exe just below Stoke Canon, NE of Exeter. The catchment is mainly agricultural with some industry around Cullompton, Willand, and Uffculme.

C22 partners operating in this catchment Blackdown Hills AONB Partnership East Devon District Council Environment Agency Exe Estuary Management Partnership FWAG SW National Trust Natural England South West Water Westcountry Rivers Trust

Other key partners operating in this catchment County, City, District, Town and Parish Councils Devon and Severn IFCA RSPB Lympstone Fishery & Harbour Authority

Key issues and targets Improve modified physical habitats Manage invasive non-native species Manage pollution from waste water Manage pollution from rural areas

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Existing action GI planning associated with the new community at Cranbrook (EDDC) Clyst Valley Regional Park (EA, EDDC, DCC and partners) Connecting The Culm (BHAONB, EDCP)

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Existing action: Clyst Valley Regional Park

The Clyst Valley Regional Park is being developed to create a high quality landscape, green spaces and wildlife corridors, providing/enhancing cycling and walking opportunities in and around the new community development at Cranbrook, East Devon and east of Exeter.

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Sid and Otter

Outline of the catchmentThe River Otter rises in the Blackdown Hills near Otterford and flows some 32km through East

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Strengthen the distinctive natural and cultural landscape of the Clyst valley.

Improve access to this landscape on foot, bicycle, horseback and via mobility vehicles.

Enhance the natural ability of the floodplain to store and slow down flood water

Provide for alternative natural greenspace to alleviate pressure on existing sensitive wildlife sites, and to promote the health and wellbeing of people.

Create opportunities for environmental studies and research

Create employment and volunteering opportunities

Enhance the rich cultural

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Devon to the western end of Lyme Bay and the Jurassic Coast at Budleigh Salterton. The Otter is one of Devon’s largest groundwater sources supplying drinking water to over 200,000 people. To the east the smaller more contained River Sid meets the coast at the Sidmouth. The main urban areas are Ottery St. Mary, Budleigh Salterton, Sidmouth and Honiton.

C22 partners operating in this catchment Blackdown Hills AONB Partnership Clinton Devon Estates Devon Wildlife Trust East Devon AONB Partnership East Devon District Council Environment Agency FWAG SW National Trust Natural England South West Water Westcountry Rivers Trust

Other key partners operating in this catchment County, City, District, Town and Parish Councils Otter Valley Association Otter Vale Association(Angling) Sid Vale Association/Sidmouth in Bloom Tale Valley Trust Otterhead Estate Trust

Key issues and targets Improve modified physical habitats Manage invasive non-native species Manage pollution from waste water Manage pollution from rural areas

Existing action Catchment Sensitive Farming (NE) Himalayan Balsam/Invasives activity (NE, CDE, OVA, SVA, TVT) River Otter Beaver Project (DWT) Lower Otter Restoration Project (CDE/EA)

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Upstream Thinking (SWW/WRT) Ottery St Mary Natural Flood Management Project (DWT, EDCP)

Axe & Lim (including Branscombe)

Outline of the catchmentThe River Axe is a shallow, non-navigable river that rises near Beaminster, Dorset, and flows west, then south past Axminster and joins the

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Existing action: River Otter Beaver ProjectBeavers, which live on the River Otter in East Devon, were discovered to be breeding in February 2014. Devon Wildlife Trust (DWT) spent the six months working with Defra, Natural England, local farmers and the wider community to secure a solution that would see any disease risk associated with the beavers addressed and, should they be confirmed as the once native species, find ways to enable them to remain.

Defra’s tests revealed the beavers were clear from disease and the DNA tests proved the animals are the once-native Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber). As a result, the five beavers trapped were re-released back on to the River Otter in March, just in time for the pregnant females to progress to term. The re-release signalled the beginning of the 5-year monitoring trial led by DWT and involving partners Clinton Devon Estates, Derek Gow Consultancy, and University of

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English Channel after 35km in Lyme Bay. The main tributaries are the rivers Yarty and Coly. The catchment is predominantly diary with increasingly large units. The River Axe SSSI is an important wildlife asset at the heart of the catchment below which sits the developing Seaton Wetlands wildlife reserve.

C22 partners operating in this catchment Blackdown Hills AONB Partnership Clinton Devon Estates Devon Wildlife Trust East Devon AONB Partnership East Devon District Council Environment Agency FWAG SW National Trust Natural England South West Water Westcountry Rivers Trust

Other key partners operating in this catchment County, City, District, Town and Parish Councils Axe Vale Rivers Association (AVRA) Axe Vale and District Conservation Society (AVDCS)

Key issues and targets Improve modified physical habitats Manage invasive non-native species Manage pollution from waste water Manage pollution from rural areas River Axe SAC not meeting environmental objectives

Existing action Axe and Exe River improvement project (WRT) Catchment Sensitive Farming (NE/EA) Axe Invasives Project: Himalayan Balsam, Japanese Knotweed & Giant Hogweed

(NE/EDAONB) AONB Farm Facilitation programmes (EDAONB, BHAONB)

16Existing action: Axe Invasives Project Invasive species are present in all of the operational catchments across East Devon and a particular problem when impacting on important wildlife sites. A new initiative was launched in 2012 by Natural England in an attempt to control some of the more troublesome and invasive non-native plant species in the River Axe catchment. These include Himalayan Balsam, Japanese Knotweed and

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Appendix 1 – The Partnership Catchment Partnership Membership

Axe Vale Rivers AssociationBlackdown Hills AONB PartnershipClinton Devon Estates

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Existing action: Axe Invasives Project Invasive species are present in all of the operational catchments across East Devon and a particular problem when impacting on important wildlife sites. A new initiative was launched in 2012 by Natural England in an attempt to control some of the more troublesome and invasive non-native plant species in the River Axe catchment. These include Himalayan Balsam, Japanese Knotweed and

Himalayan Balsam © http://www.coughtrey.me.uk

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Devon Wildlife TrustEast Devon AONB PartnershipEast Devon District CouncilEnvironment AgencyExe Estuary Management Partnership Exmoor Mires Partnership Exmoor National ParkFWAG SWNational Trust Natural England South West WaterWestcountry Rivers Trust

Other key partners Otter Valley Association, Sid Vale Association, Axe Vale and District Conservation SocietyCounty, City, District, Town and Parish CouncilsRSPBTale Valley Trust

Partner operational scope Partner operational catchments

Creedy and West Exe

Exe Main

Clyst and Culm

Sid and Otter

Axe and Lim

Blackdown Hills AONB Partnership No No Yes Yes YesClinton Devon Estates No No No Yes YesDevon Wildlife Trust No Yes No Yes NoEast Devon AONB Partnership No No No Yes YesEast Devon District Council Yes Yes Yes Yes YesEnvironment Agency Yes Yes Yes Yes YesExe Estuary Management Partnership

Yes Yes Yes No No

Exmoor Mires Partnership No Yes No No NoExmoor National Park No Yes No No NoFWAG South West Yes Yes Yes Yes YesNatural England (CSF) Yes Yes Yes Yes YesNational Trust Yes Yes Yes Yes YesSouth West Water Yes Yes Yes Yes YesWestcountry Rivers Trust Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

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Appendix 2 – The Action Plan - a summary Timetable and key targets (updated Sept 2019)

Timescale Project title Lead(s) Aim (s) Other

partnersCatchment(s) Budget Funding

source(s) Status

2014 onwards

Establish EDCP DWT/ WRT/EA

Establish Catchment Partnership / Action

Plan C22

Partnership All £15k CPAF Established with Plan in

place

2017-18Soils & NFM manual and interactive

C22 Partnership

Building on ‘Think Soils’ guide, to

provide soil hydrology guidance to farm

advisors and managers

EA/C22 Part’ship All £7,000

CPAF/ WFD/DCC FWAGSW, EDAONB,

SWW

Manual circulated,

interactive in development

2019-20 WEIF EA Priority projects in the all catchments

C22 Partnership All tbc EA/ WFD Tbc

2017-21Ottery St Mary NFM Project

DWT Community project within national NFM

programmeC22

PartnershipOtter (Furze

Brook)

£90k cash,

£75k in-kind from

DCC

EA/DCC + DCC in kind In delivery

2015-2020

River Otter Beaver Trial DWT

Investigate impacts of wild beavers in

lowland agricultural landscape

CDE, UoE, Derek Gow

Consultancy, RZSS

Otter     In delivery

2018-20 Corry & Coly NFM Project BHAONB

Using multi-objective WWNP to address

flooding in Axe catchment and delivering water

quality, biodiversity and other ecosystem

service benefits

EA, DCC, ED AONB, WRT,

FWAGSWAxe (Corry,

Coly) £50K Local levy (SW RFCC) In delivery

2019-20Connecting the Culm- WEG

BHAONB

Catchment scale climate change

adaptation project that looks to co-

create solutions with communities and

stakeholders

C22 Partners,

MDDCCulm £27K WEG(EA) In delivery

2019-22Connecting the Culm- Interreg 2 Seas

BHAONB

Catchment scale climate change

adaptation project that looks to co-

create solutions with communities and

stakeholders

C22 Partners, MDDC,  others

Culm £1m Interreg 2 Seas In delivery

2017-2021

Woods for Water

BHAONB (North Devon

Biosphere)

Initiative to strategically plant

trees to provide water quality and wider

benefits

EA, DCC, ED AONB,

FWAGSW, WRT

Axe, Otter £1.2m WEIF then WEG(EA) In delivery

2018-2021

Exmoor Non-Native Invasive Species Project

ENPAProject to trial new

techniques for tackling INNS on

Exmoor

NE, EA, Nickyy Green Consulting,

Local partners

Exe   WEG(EA) In delivery

2018-2021

Great Trees of the Clyst EDDC

Project to maintain, restore and enhance

trees and wooded landscapes of the

Clyst through community

engagement

  Clyst   HLF In delivery

2020- Crystal Clear Clyst EDDC

Catchment scale project to look at

natural solutions to C22

Partnership Clyst     Concept

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the Clyst's poor water quality

2018-2035

Culm Garden Village engagement

MDDC

Stakeholder engagement for the new garden village planned to deliver

5000 homes next to the River Culm

C22 Partnership Culm     In delivery

2020-Lower Otter Restoration Project

CDE

Managed realignment of lower Otter Valley

addressing loss of coastal habitat in the

Exe

C22 Partnership Otter     Concept

2015-2025

UpStream Thinking 2 (Otter and Cofton Cross)

SWW/WRT/DWT

Catchment investigations and and interventions

based around farming to address water

quality

C22 Partnership Otter   SWW In delivery

2015-2025

UpStream Thinking 2 (Exe)

SWW/WRT/DWT

Catchment investigations and

interventions based around farming to

address water quality

C22 Partnership Exe   SWW In delivery

2018-2021

Upper Wotton Brook Catchment Study

Lympstone Parish Council

Part of Lympstone Flood Risk

Management ProjectWRT, DCC Exe     In delivery

2018-2021

Exmoor Mires Partnership

South West Water

Peatland restoration on Exmoor

NE, EA, ENPA, HE,

Defra, UoE, Local

Authorities, Local

partners

Exe£2.12m cash,

£100k in-kind

SWW, Defra, EA,

NEIn delivery

2019 - 2027

Strategic Exe Weirs (SEW) programme WRT

To improve fish migration throughout catchment for all fish species

EA, RETA, others per site

Exe + tributaries

£9,000,000

EA, WRT, other ready to go

2019 - 2027

Fisheries Improvement Programme WRT

Catchment-scale river and fisheries improvements to meet WFD targets and restore rivers

All partners on a site or catchment basis

Exe, Axe, Creedy, Clyst, Culm, Sid, Otter, Lim £900,000

EA, WRT, other

concept/planned

2020 - 2023

Culm Habitat Improvement Project (CHIP) WRT

WFD river and fisheries improvements in the River Culm catchment

EA, RETA, others per site Culm £400,000

EA, WRT, AONB, other concept

2020 - 2023

Axe Irish Ford removal WRT

Removal or improvement of migratory obstacles in the Axe catchment EA, NE Axe £120,000

EA, WRT, EU ready to go

2019 - 2029

REHab (River Environment Habitat) project WRT

River and fisheries improvements for WFD improvement and water quantity control through NFM buffers and extensions

All partners on a site or catchment basis

Exe, Axe, Creedy, Clyst, Culm, Sid, Otter, Lim scalable

EA, WRT, other

concept/planned

2020 - 2027

Life In Trees Enhancement (LITE) project WRT

River restoration and WFD improvements whilst facilitating the national tree planting initiative

All partners on a site or catchment basis All tbc tbc concept

2020-2022

Corry & Coly NFM project phase 2 BH AONB

Deploy WWNP interventions in order to deliver improved resilience to

ED AONB, EA, DCC, WRT, FWAG SW

Corry & Coly (Axe) 60000

Local levy part 2, EA community engagemen planned

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properties at risk of flooding, tackle WFD phosphate and sediment failures, enhance biodiversity t, other

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