Environment Agency

To improve water quality

Tackling urban diffuse pollution
	Sub catchment	Status
Investigate mitigating water quality issues from motorway run-off	Darent	Proposed	View

Tackling Diffuse Pollution
	Sub catchment	Status
Reedbed creation to mitigate surface run off entering the River Cray at Priory Ponds in Orpingon.	Cray and Shuttle	Completed	View
Deliver silt trap and wetland treatment train in Dobb's Field to address sediment and nutrient loading of pond from upstream catchment, following South East Rivers Trust investigation and outline design report, to address the 'un-favourable' - no change state of this SSSI.	Eden	Active	View

The river should support a mosaic of habitats with high biodiversity value

Improve condition and biodiversity of riparian areas
	Sub catchment	Status
Identify locations for riparian habitat creation in partnership with landowners	Beult	Proposed
Deliver tree work and habitat enhancements at Brooklands Lakes	Darent	Completed	View
Deliver tree work upstream of Farningham to increase light to the channel	Darent	Completed	View
Deliver tree work upstream of Lullingstone to increase light levels to the channel	Darent	Completed	View
Deliver tree work at Shoreham to increase light levels to the channel	Darent	Completed	View

Eradicate and control Invasive non-native flora
	Sub catchment	Status
Develop a network of volunteers to monitor Invasive Non-Native Species.	Beult	Proposed

Protect and enhance the habitats of the river corridor & floodplain
	Sub catchment	Status
Investigate options for renaturalising the river at Hall Place and Gardens	Cray and Shuttle	Completed	View
Investigate options for pond creation at Foots Cray Meadows	Cray and Shuttle	Proposed	View

Promote strategies to deal with invasive species
	Sub catchment	Status
Develop network of citizen science volunteers to monitor Invasive Non-Native Species across the catchment	Cray and Shuttle		View

To restore the river to a more naturally functioning watercourse

Enhance river hydromorphology and biodiversity
	Sub catchment	Status
habitat restoration (in-channel, riparian, associated floodplain meadows) to help achieve Good Ecological Status in the River Darent	Darent	Proposed	View
Investigate reasons for and options for removal of concrete amourment of channel below the M26 bridge	Darent	Proposed	View
Delivery of river restoration on the Hammer Stream	Beult	Completed
Add woody debris and berm deflector to increase flow diversity at Bayham L'Eglise.	Teise	Completed
Restore habitat at Harpers Weir	Teise	Completed
Adjustment to flow regimes from Bewl water	Teise
Habitat restoration on the River Bewl	Teise	Completed

Prevent bank erosion and mitigate against potential flooding
	Sub catchment	Status
Prevent bank erosion adjacent to Love Lane allotments	Cray and Shuttle	Completed	View

	Sub catchment	Status
Habitat restoration to help achieve Good Ecological Potential in the Hammer Stream	Beult	Completed	View
Improve fish passage at Harpers Weir by removal of redundant structure	Teise	Completed
Habitat enhancement on the River Teise below Woodfall's weir to Medway confluence	Teise

To develop sustainable water management within the catchment

Reduce the impact of flooding
	Sub catchment	Status
Natural flood management at Bedgebury Pinetum to reduce flood risk downstream and offer additional benefits.	Teise	Completed	View
Natural flood management at Sissinghurst to reduce flood risk downstream and offer additional benefits.	Beult	Completed	View
Natural flood management at Pembury Woods to reduce flood risk downstream and offer additional benefits.	Middle Medway	Completed	View
Natural flood management at Reeds Farm to reduce flood risk downstream and offer additional benefits.	Middle Medway	Completed	View
Natural flood management at Capel to reduce flood risk at Capel and further downstream.	Middle Medway	Active	View

To have an appropriate self-sustaining fish population

Address fish passage so fish can access appropriate habitats
	Sub catchment	Status
Investigate options for fish passage through Otford	Darent	Proposed	View
Create a bypass channel at Sundridge weir for fish passage	Darent	Completed	View

Darent Catchment Partnership