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A1.1
  • Thriving plants and wildlife
  • Clean and plentiful water
  • Mitigating and adapting to climate change
  • Reduced risk of harm from environmental hazards

Create high quality Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) to reduce storm overflows, support ground water quality and encourage groundwater recharge/ infiltration where required.

Aquifers Support aquifer health

Various types of SuDS depending on purpose: ・Swales and conveyance channels. ・Filtration. ・Infiltration. ・Retention and storage. ・Wetland, inlets, outlets and control structures. Specific examples include: ・Green roofs. ・Permeable paving. ・Rain gardens. ・Tree planting. ・Swales. ・Ponds. ・Infiltration basins. ・Soakaways.

Widespread but only in areas suitable for creation of SuDs - dependent on factors such as: ・Underlying geology. ・Proximity to Ground Water Source Protection Zones (where SuDS may risk contaminating water resources). ・Topography. ・Flood risk. ・Archaeology. ・Landscape etc. See maps identifying local ‘SuDS Suitability Scores’ for information.

A1.2
  • Thriving plants and wildlife
  • Clean and plentiful water
  • Managing exposure to chemicals and pesticides
  • Mitigating and adapting to climate change

Implement land management practices, habitat creation and management to support ground water recharge and reduce levels of nutrients (nitrates/phosphates) and other pollutants reaching groundwater. This includes buffering karst features.

Aquifers Support aquifer health Unmapped

・Restoration of ponds/dew ponds. ・Habitat creation and enhancements. ・Reduced use of chemical inputs (herbicides and pesticides). ・Use of cover crops. ・Identifying and buffering karstic features.

Source Protection Zones; Nitrate Sensitive Areas; Sussex North Water Supply Zone (StatMap Earthlight) South East Water: strategy for habitat creation and Nature-based Solutions in SPZs (to be drafted during course of this LNRS). Environment Agency’s Nitrate Leaching Tool to measure how much nitrate is lost from farmed land.

A1.3 (EM)

Community engagement projects to support delivery of actions to support the aquifer (e.g. via residential gardens, creation of raingardens in schools/public spaces etc).

Aquifers Enabling actions for aquifers
A1.4 (EM)

Adopt planning policies for new developments to incorporate SuDS where possible and appropriate to support improvement of ground water quality.

Aquifers Enabling actions for aquifers
C1.1
  • Thriving plants and wildlife
  • Mitigating and adapting to climate change
  • Reduced risk of harm from environmental hazards

Retain existing and re-create additional naturally functioning shorelines where appropriate, supporting the creation and increased connectivity of coastal and intertidal habitat and delivery of additional ecosystem services.

Coastal Undefended coast Mapped

・No active intervention (allow natural processes to continue). ・Managed realignment (this may involve removal of redundant coastal defence structures or coastal defence structures where dwellings or infrastructure are not at risk of flooding. ・Encouragement of sedimentation on existing marshes/ mudflats etc).

・Areas identified under policies of ‘managed realignment’ and ‘no further intervention’ in Shoreline Management Plans. ・Areas identified by Environment Agency and catchment partnerships as suitable for future proposals.
C1.10
  • Thriving plants and wildlife

Reduce impacts on coastal wildlife caused by coastal leisure and recreational activities on land and water as a key component of species recovery efforts.

Coastal Manage disturbance Unmapped

・Management of recreational use in and around fragile coastal habitats and key sites for coastal wildlife (such as wildfowl, waders, terns, brent geese). ・Management of leisure activities (including dog walking) where this is a cause of wildlife disturbance.

Areas/sites of coastal habitat where wildlife is vulnerable to visitor pressure.

C1.11 (EM)

Establish a consolidated inventory/map of opportunities for adaptive coastal management, bringing together the range of existing datasets, to help target action to mitigate sea level rise/coastal squeeze.

Coastal Enabling actions for coastal habitats
C1.12 (EM)

Research and understand the barriers to recovery of intertidal habitats and communities e.g. intertidal kelp, seagrass, chalk platforms.

Coastal Enabling actions for coastal habitats
C1.13 (EM)

Guidance, awareness raising and community support to reduce the impact of garden escapes on coastal vegetated shingle communities.

Coastal Enabling actions for coastal habitats
C1.14 (EM)

Develop the 'Blueprint' for Sussex Seascape Recovery to highlight areas of opportunity for the marine and coastal environment, explore enhanced connectivity, set priorities for the future and expose overarching pressures to maximise ecosystem service delivery.

Coastal Enabling actions for coastal habitats