Stakeholder Analysis
Scored 0-3 on the following criteria:
Influence
Affect
Interest
Env impact
Reputation
Support/Object
Stakeholder
Value
Aggregates industry
Low
Catchment Sensitive Farming
High
Cefas
Low
District Councils (Group) West Dorset to represent
Medium
Dorchester Fishing Club
Low
Dorset AONB (Wild Purbeck NIA)
High
Dorset Coast Forum
Low
Dorset County Council (Flood, development, highways) High
Dorset Environmental Records Centre
Low
Dorset Natural History & Archaeological Society
Low
Dorset Wildlife Trust (Biodiversity, river restoration)
High
Duchy of Cornwall
Low
Environment Agency (WFD, flood risk)
Very high
Farmers
High
Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group SW
High
Fish Farms
Low
Forestry Commission
Low
Freshwater Biological Association
Low
Frome, Piddle & West Dorset Fisheries Association
Medium
Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust
Medium
Landowners
High
Ministry of Defence (Defence Estates)
Low
National Farmers Union
Low
National Trust
Low
Natural England
Very high
Parish & Town Councils
Low
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Medium
Salmon & Trout Association
Low
Savills
Low
Symonds & Sampson Land Agents
Medium
Velcourt
Low
Watercress farms (Vitacress, The Watercress Company)
Low
Wessex Water
Very high
Westcountry Rivers Trust
Medium
Wild Trout Trust
Low
Woodland Trust
Low
0-9 = Low, 10-14 = medium, 15-19 = High, >19 = Very high
Key
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Funding
Steering Group
Steering Group members are representatives of:
Organisation
Interest area
Dorset AONB & Wild Purbeck NIA
Dorset Wildlife Trust
Landscape, heritage, Wild Purbeck
Nature Improvement Area
Flood risk, highways, waste,
development
River restoration, biodiversity
Catchment Sensitive Farming
Catchment Sensitive Farming
Environment Agency
WFD delivery - WQ, Fisheries,
ecology
Catchment Sensitive Farming
outside of priority areas
Fisheries, riparian interests
Dorset County Council
Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group
Frome, Piddle & West Dorset Fisheries
Association
Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust
Natural England
Wessex Water
Westcountry Rivers Trust
West Dorset District Council
(Planning)
Land Agent (Symonds & Sampson)
Fisheries science, academic and
applied research
SSSI, SPA, protected species
Waste treatment, raw water quality,
abstraction
Fisheries, Catchment Sensitive
Farming
Development, flood risk
Tenants, farmers & riparian owners
Landowner (CLA/NFU)
Landowners
RSPB Water Policy
Water Policy, Payment for
Ecosystem Services
Figure 1 Illustration of the catchment initiative structure.
South West
River Basin
Liaison Panel
Frome & Piddle Catchment Initiative
Governance
Group
Stakeholders
Partners
Steering Group
Task and
Finish
Groups
Issues
The five most common issues identified at worskshop on 29/11/2011 were:
Issue
Nitrogen
Phosphorus
Sediment
Water quantity
(High/low flow)
Channel
alterations
O
Source
Sewage (treatment works, CSO’s, septic tanks)
Agriculture (land use & management)
Sewage (treatment works, CSO’s, septic tanks)
Agriculture (land use & management)
Agriculture (land use & management)
Highways (also acting as ‘pathway’)
Abstraction (water companies and agriculture)
Agriculture (land use & management)
Flood defence
Water level management
Land drainage
Type
Current
Historical
Task & Finish Groups (subject to confirmation/change)
1. Point source pollution/sewage
Fiona Bowles, WW (lead)
Ruth Barden, WW
Doug Kite, NE
Graham Brown, EA
to include sewage treatment works improvements, first time sewerage schemes, septic tanks, misconnections
2. Diffuse pollution/land management
LMAS5: Wild Purbeck Land Management Advisory Service
Clare Buckerfield, FWAGSW (lead)?
Louise Webb and/or Charlotte Woodford, CSF
Giles Bryan, EA
Dylan Bright or Russell Smith, WRT
Jo Oborn, FWAGSW
Paul Stanfield and/or Nicki Downton, WW
Russell Spencer, EA
Adie Collins, ADAS
to include diffuse pollution risk assessment, mapping & modelling, targeting of high risk areas and pilot farms
3. River restoration & wetland creation
Wild Purbeck NIA Project LMAS3: Wetland creation / water quality
Sarah Williams, DWT (lead)
Aly Maxwell, EA
Judith Baker, FWAGSW
Doug Kite, Natural England
Brian Richards, DCC
Allan Frake, WTT
Charles Dutton or Richard Slocock, FP&WDFA
Olivia Durkin, WRT
Nicole Caetano, EA
Anton Ibbotson or Bill Beaumont, GWCT
to include fish passage and provide bank, riparian and floodplain habitat improvements (Dorset Wild Rivers +)
4. Woodland creation/land use change
Wild Purbeck NIA Project LMAS4: Woodland Creation
(AONB Woodlink group +)
Clare Buckerfield, FWAGSW (lead)?
Ian Rees and/or Tom Munro, DAONB/Wild Purbeck NIA
Dick Preston, Forest Services
Sally Glass, Woodland Trust
Richard Battersby, EA
National Trust representative?
close links with the diffuse pollution/land management group and landowner engagement group to determine
high risk pollution areas to target woodland creation
5. Water Quantity
Ian Colley, WW (lead)?
Matt Boon, EA
Brian Richards, DCC
EA CAMS officer