]> 2026-04-12T03:50:43+00:00 Case study:Platt Brook Restoration 500 en Approved Restoring gravel bed Meandering channel Environment Agency Birmingham City Council Birmingham and Black Country NIA Great Britain Yes No Yes false Platt brook before.jpg Platt Brook bed Before.jpg Platt Brook bed after.jpg Platt Brook DO.jpg Platt Brook Resident Opinion Survey.jpg Platt Brook before restoration Platt Brook bed before restoration Platt Brook bed after restoration Platt Brook Dissolved Oxygen results Platt Brook restoration resident survey No 52.467828722164,-1.7717899940908 Wgroves Will Environment Agency Groves Restoring gravel bed,,,Meandering channel, Removal of accumulated debris and silt.,,Community involvement,, Water quality monitoring is showing improvements in dissolved oxygen since the restoration work - see DO chart below. Invertebrate monitoring undertaken in Spring 2012 before works commenced gave a very low BWMP score of 7/200. Biological sampling will be repeated in Spring/Summer 2014. Changes in public opinion of the brook prior to and after the restoration scheme have also been recorded - see survey results below. Removal of accumulated debris and silt. 12575 Birmingham City Council, Environment Agency, Birmingham and Black Country NIA Platt Brook after.jpg Complete The project aims were to improve the aesthetics, water quality and biodiversity of the Platt Brook in Sheldon, Birmingham. The focus of the project was a section of the brook flowing through public land surrounded by high density housing. Before the project, the brook was much neglected and suffered from silt build up, flytipping and pollution from misconnections and other sewer misuse. During the restoration works silt was removed and its banks were pulled back to recreate a more natural river channel. It is hoped that the scheme will help the brook to self-cleanse and re-oxygenate, providing much needed urban habitat for wildlife and making the brook more accessible for people. The project was delivered in 2013. Since the end of the project the brook has been adopted by a community based WatersideCare group - http://www.keepbritaintidy.org/watersidecare/689 This project was delivered by the Birmingham Brooks Partnership and is a sister project to the Short Heath Brook project - http://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study%3AShort_Heath_Brook_Project Engagement with local community leading to adoption by WatersideCare group. Platt Brook Restoration platt brook restoration http://www.bbcwildlife.org.uk/nia/projects/platt-brook-restoration-project No Shropshire Middle Severn Severn Platt Bk - source to conf R Tern platt bk - source to conf r tern Community involvement 10 - 100 km² 194 100 - 200 m Platt Bk - source to conf R Tern GB109054050210 Social benefits Water quality Urban GB109054050210 Platt Bk - source to conf R Tern 2014-03-19T09:38:15Z 2456735.9015625 2019-01-02T16:30:00Z 2458486.1875 Platt Brook Restoration 500 1 plainlist 5 [[Category:Case study]] [[Project title::!Platt Brook Restoration]] [[Subcatchment title::Platt Bk - source to conf R Tern]] Platt Brook Restoration# QUERY4560cc0f7124bfbcf0739817a88418f8