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Action plan details - Biodiversity Action Plan for Gloucestershire

  

HAP Standing Open Waters
Plan status: Implementation underway

Vision statement
Acquire a comprehensive knowledge of the extent, distribution and condition of standing open waters in the county, and characterise using the tier approach.
To ensure that all water bodies of high nature conservation interest are managed appropriately to maintain and enhance their conservation interest.
To restore the favourable conservation status of standing open water bodies where they have been degraded.
To encourage, where appropriate, the creation of aquatic and wetland communities, including new ponds on land of low conservation importance.
To raise awareness, understanding and education in respect of the biodiversity value of the standing open waters.

Targets
Code Text Status Assessment date Latest progress report  
SW 4.1 Establish extent, distribution and condition of standing open waters in the county, and characterise using the tier approach by 2005 Target achieved 27/01/2010 UK lakes database now avalible - this is an inventory of waterbodies from 1:50,000 digital mapping. More >
SW 4.2.1 To ensure 25% of relevant water bodies are managed appropriately to maintain and enhance their conservation interest by 2005. Progress unknown 27/01/2010 No report More >
SW 4.2.2 To ensure 50% of relevant water bodies are managed appropriately to maintain and enhance their conservation interest by 2010. Target not achieved 27/01/2010 Condition Assesemet for Standing open water and canals SSSI's is as follows;
Favourable - 65.79ha
Unfavourable no change - 71.82
Unfavourable declining - 66.61ha
KWS Mesotrophic Lakes, Eutrophic Standing Waters and Canals; achieving condition/recovering condition - 556 ha
unknown - 108
KWS Ponds - achieving condition/recovering condition 5 sites, unknown - 4 sites.



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SW 4.2.3 To ensure 100% of relevant water bodies are managed appropriately to maintain and enhance their conservation interest by 2020. Some progress (on schedule) 27/01/2010 No report More >
SW 4.2.4 To ensure that there is no further net loss of ponds and other areas of standing open water.
 Progress unknown 27/01/2010 No report More >
SW 4.3.1 To restore the favourable conservation status of 25% of standing open water bodies where they have been degraded by 2010.

 Target achieved 27/01/2010 See target SW 4.2.2 More >
SW 4.3.2 To restore the favourable conservation status of 50% of standing open water bodies where they have been degraded by 2020.

 Some progress (on schedule) 27/01/2010 No report More >
SW 4.4 Create 200 new ponds across the county by 2010. Progress unknown 27/01/2010 some progress via Great crested newt species action plan. More >

Actions
Code Text Start/End date Contacts
(lead shown bold)		 Status  
SW 5.1.1 Seek to protect standing open waters from agricultural contaminants. 01/03/2000 - ongoing Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
SW 5.1.2 Seek the inclusion of policies within Structure Plans, Local Plans, Waste Local Plans and Minerals Plans that ensure new development does not have an adverse effect on the nature conservation of standing open waters. 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2001 Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
SW 5.1.3 Ensure that Local Plans identify sites of nature conservation importance with respect to standing open waters. 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2001 Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
SW 5.1.4 Ensure that development schemes do not diminish the integrity or conservation value of standing open waters and wherever possible actually enhance it. 01/03/2000 - ongoing Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
SW 5.1.5 Continue to protect the best sites in the county through the SSSI process 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2003 Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
SW 5.1.6 Promote the creation of open water and associated habitats through policies in the minerals local plan. 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2004 Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
SW 5.1.7 Review (and if necessary revoke) abstraction licences adversely affecting designated sites. 01/03/2000 - ongoing Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
SW 5.2.1 Using nationally agreed criteria classify Gloucestershire’s standing open waters into Tiers 1, 2 and 3 on the grounds of naturalness, biodiversity and restoration potential. (Integrate with GWT Key Wildlife Site Criteria) 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2005 Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust Unknown More >
SW 5.2.2 Assign priorities to sites within Tiers 1 and 2 according to threat, vulnerability, potential for restoration and nature conservation interest. 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2005 Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust Unknown More >
SW 5.2.3 Seek to bring standing open waters into favourable condition by encouraging positive management and restoring degraded standing open waters. This will involve maintaining and enhancing the condition of all Tier 1 eutrophic standing waters and improving the condition of at least 50% of Tier 2 sites by 2020. Continue the programme beyond 2020, to complete the coverage of all Tier 2 sites. 01/03/2000 - ongoing Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
SW 5.2.4 Promote creation of buffer zones and sympathetic management of land adjacent to open standing waters through schemes such as Countryside Stewardship 01/03/2000 - ongoing Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
SW 5.2.5 Prepare and where possible implement water level management plans for SSSIs containing standing open water 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2003 Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
SW 5.2.6 Ensure that important sites are added to the register of Key Wildlife Sites. 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2003 Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust Unknown More >
SW 5.2.7 Where necessary seek to control introduced species which are having a damaging effect on native species, e.g. Signal Crayfish, Azolla, Crassula helmsii 01/03/2000 - ongoing Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
SW 5.2.8 Maintain or introduce appropriate fishery management 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2003 Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
SW 5.2.9 Promote the provision of wildlife features such as irregular shapes and shallow margins in all new fishing pools. Promote the creation of smaller, non-stocked pools adjacent to main pool to benefit wildlife where appropriate. 01/03/2000 - ongoing Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
SW 5.210 Promote creation and sympathetic management of ponds through agri-environment schemes. 01/03/2000 - ongoing Gloucestershire County Council,
Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust		 Unknown More >
SW 5.3.1 Contact owners of important sites to provide advice on management and applications for funding and to promote survey. 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2004 Gloucestershire County Council,
Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust		 Unknown More >
SW 5.3.2 Disseminate and if necessary produce management guidelines for managers and users of standing open waters, to promote the conservation of biodiversity in the habitat. 01/01/2001 - ongoing Gloucestershire County Council,
Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust		 Unknown More >
SW 5.3.3 Continue to provide advice to owners and occupiers on the restoration of mineral workings and maintaining wildlife interest of the site during the operational phase. 01/03/2000 - ongoing Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
SW 5.3.4 Promote best practice in farming and encourage farmers to prepare and implement Farm Waste Management Plans in catchments of vulnerable eutrophic standing waters 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2003 Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
SW 5.3.5 Maintain and publicise an inventory of consultants/contractors specialising in biodiversity work for standing open waters. 01/03/2000 - ongoing Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
SW 5.3.6 Encourage the creation of field ponds (FWAG) and village / ‘urban’ ponds Stroud Valleys Project (SVP). 01/03/2000 - ongoing Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
SW 5.4.1 Survey current distribution and ecological condition of all standing open waters in order to classify them into Tiers 1, 2 and 3. (Large job - ongoing) 01/03/2000 - ongoing Gloucestershire County Council,
Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust		 Unknown More >
SW 5.4.2 Survey and monitor populations of Priority Species and other rare and vulnerable species associated with standing open waters. 01/03/2000 - ongoing Gloucestershire County Council,
Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust		 Unknown More >
SW 5.4.3 Identify priority areas for new wetland habitat creation to provide a network of suitable habitats (e.g. the creation of a network of ponds to support great crested newt metapopulations). 01/01/2001 - ongoing Gloucestershire County Council,
Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust		 Underway (on schedule) More >
SW 5.4.4 Establish a programme for monitoring the water quality of lakes to comply with the water framework directive. 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2005 Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
SW 5.4.5 Wherever possible, pass biological records to GEDU 01/03/2000 - ongoing Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
SW 5.5.1 In order to increase public awareness of the value of standing open waters, develop the use of suitable waters for educational purposes and as interpretative centres. 01/03/2000 - ongoing Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
SW 5.5.2 Raise profile of the wildlife value of standing open waters in the county by appropriate local publicity around surveys and events. 01/03/2000 - ongoing Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust Unknown More >
SW 5.5.3 Communicate to public, lake owners and occupiers the importance of not introducing alien species. 01/03/2000 - ongoing Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
SW 5.5.4 Involve local parishes in pond surveys. 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2003 Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >
SW 5.5.5 Promote the value of garden ponds 01/03/2000 - 31/12/2004 Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust Unknown More >
SW 5.5.6 Continue to promote the study of pondlife as a resource for the national curriculum. 01/03/2000 - ongoing Gloucestershire County Council Unknown More >


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