]> 2026-04-22T14:24:37+00:00 Case study:Aston Clinton River Restoration 500 en Approved Deculverting Bypass channel Creation of new channel Buckinghamshire County Council Environment Agency Aylesbury Vale District Council Aston Clinton Parish Council Green Park No No Yes false 140417 Flooding (Feb-May).JPG 150827 Scrap and bund.jpg 150911 View of new culvert from upstream.jpg 151030 Gravels being deposited & spread.jpg Flooding over BCC and ACPC land freshly created bund and scrapes View downstream to new culvert and watercourse Gravels being spread on watercourse bed No The positive outcome of the river restoration project in Aston Clinton is as a result of great partnership working across all the stakeholders involved. This project really demonstrates that by pooling skills and resources across many organisations and individuals, costs can be reduced and all stakeholders become passionate about achieving an end result that reflects everyone's interests; flood management, biodiversity, ecology, farming and benefitting the community. Though the project did not run smoothly all the time, this meant that lessons have been learnt regarding project management, especially CDM regulations, early engagement and communication. which can be implemented into future projects and future partnership work. 51.796124066184,-0.72492170333248 Jdippie Jessica Buckinghamshire County Council Dippie Deculverting,,,Bypass channel, Creation of new channel, ,,Engagement with a wide range of stakeholders,Information board erected, Ecologists in the Environment Team at Buckinghamshire County Council carried out an initial assessment once the project was complete to establish what life was found in the newly created watercourse. They plan to carry this out annually to see how the river develops and establishes over time. 22298 Environment Agency, Aylesbury Vale District Council, Aston Clinton Parish Council, Green Park View of newly created watercourse 150911 Upstream section.jpg 2015-08-01Z 2457235.5 Complete During the winter of 2013/14 there was flooding in Aston Clinton Park, partly as a result of a collapsed culvert. The opportunity was taken to create a new stretch of open watercourse which would bypass the collapsed culvert and was set to benefit the environment, reduce flood risk and be more cost efficient than replacing the very old culvert. The project involved many different stakeholders at different levels of community and council involvement including: the Environment Agency; the tenant farmer; Buckinghamshire County Council, Aylesbury Vale District Council and Aston Clinton Parish Council. The stakeholders worked together by sharing and reducing costs, making use of and blending the skills available within the different organisations and community. The project would have been much more expensive and difficult to achieve without the excellent partnership working demonstrated by all stakeholders. All stakeholders were happy with and proud of the project. The newly cut channel will continue to develop and mature and be a source of pleasure to the community and landowners and benefit to the environment. Works included: 185m stretch of open river installed to bypass the collapsed culvert. Aston Clinton River Restoration aston clinton river restoration No Bear Brook bear brook Engagement with a wide range of stakeholders Flood risk management Habitat and biodiversity Social benefits Information board erected 2016-03-30T14:17:01Z 2457478.0951505 2017-06-06T10:56:48Z 2457910.9561111 Aston Clinton River Restoration 500 [2,"smw_unitnotallowed","\u00a3"] Aston Clinton River Restoration# ERR7c4821480ce616a602940635f30465e2