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How will Broad Oak Water restore and protect the environment?
We’ve been undertaking environmental surveys at the site since 2024, to understand the wildlife, the heritage of any buildings and the flow and water quality of local rivers. You can find out more about the surveys undertaken for the project at Broad Oak Water Survey Information.
We’re also working closely with the Environment Agency, Natural England, Historic England and Kent Wildlife Trust to explore how we can protect habitats, safeguard heritage and manage the surrounding landscape. This work will inform an ‘Environmental Impact Assessment’, which we’ll submit along with our planning application.
Our commitment to Biodiversity Net Gain
We’re committed to having a positive impact on the environment and wildlife overall, by creating new habitats and enhancing the area we’re developing.
By reducing the amount of water taken from sensitive sources like rare chalk streams, constructing the reservoir will also help to protect these unique ecosystems for generations to come.
As part of our design, we’re proposing:
Creating a bypass channel and fish pass by realigning the Sarre Penn, which is one of the smaller streams coming off the River Stour. This will ensure the wildlife of the River Stour can continue to move freely and safely around the reservoir
New wetland areas, which provide the perfect home for a diverse range of wildlife and help to clean water and manage flooding, in a natural way
Further environmental improvements beyond the reservoir site. These are likely to include:
Looking at any existing structures in the watercourse that might create obstacles for fish and seeing if we can improve them
Restoration of watercourse and wet floodplain habitats that are more resilient to the extremes of climate change
Creation of woodland, grassland and hedgerow habitats.
How will Broad Oak Water restore and protect the environment?
We’ve been undertaking environmental surveys at the site since 2024, to understand the wildlife, the heritage of any buildings and the flow and water quality of local rivers. You can find out more about the surveys undertaken for the project at Broad Oak Water Survey Information.
We’re also working closely with the Environment Agency, Natural England, Historic England and Kent Wildlife Trust to explore how we can protect habitats, safeguard heritage and manage the surrounding landscape. This work will inform an ‘Environmental Impact Assessment’, which we’ll submit along with our planning application.
Our commitment to Biodiversity Net Gain
We’re committed to having a positive impact on the environment and wildlife overall, by creating new habitats and enhancing the area we’re developing.
By reducing the amount of water taken from sensitive sources like rare chalk streams, constructing the reservoir will also help to protect these unique ecosystems for generations to come.
As part of our design, we’re proposing:
Creating a bypass channel and fish pass by realigning the Sarre Penn, which is one of the smaller streams coming off the River Stour. This will ensure the wildlife of the River Stour can continue to move freely and safely around the reservoir
New wetland areas, which provide the perfect home for a diverse range of wildlife and help to clean water and manage flooding, in a natural way
Further environmental improvements beyond the reservoir site. These are likely to include:
Looking at any existing structures in the watercourse that might create obstacles for fish and seeing if we can improve them
Restoration of watercourse and wet floodplain habitats that are more resilient to the extremes of climate change
Creation of woodland, grassland and hedgerow habitats.
