A plan to determine the best way to look after the coastline from Great Orme’s Head to Solway Firth in a sustainable way for the next 100 years has been opened for public consultation.
The North West England and North Wales Coastal Group are currently preparing a revised Shoreline Management Plan (SMP) for the coast between Great Orme’s Head and the Scottish Border.
They have opened a website to enable the public to participate in the various phases of public consultation.
“It is essential that the revised plan adequately deals with the issues and concerns of the communities, businesses and organisations which have an interest in this part of the coast and that the Coastal Group base their work on the best information available to them,” says the group.
“For these reasons it is important that consultation takes account of your views.”
Those interested can take part in the consultation online at the link below
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For more information on the Shoreline Management Plan Consultation visit the North West & North Wales Coastline website
Findings from a Manhood Going Dutch II workshop will be presented at a public community event on Tuesday.
The workshop, to be run by the Manhood Peninsula Partnership from Sunday to Tuesday, is designed to bring international experts and local people together to look at ways of dealing with local coastal defence issues.
It is scheduled to coincide with the consultation period for the draft coastal defence strategy prepared by the Environment Agency and Chichester and Arun District Councils.
Partnership chairman Cllr Peter Jones said the community was invited to make suggestions on how to manage the coastline, and numerous responses had been received.
“These suggestions, along with the options stated in the draft strategy, will be assessed by our Dutch and British delegates over three days,” he added.
“The experts’ findings will be presented at Earnley Concourse on June 24, and the Manhood community are invited to attend to hear what our delegates have concluded. It looks to be an interesting and important event.”
Spaces for the final presentation are limited and entrance to the event will be by ticket only.
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The Environment Agency, in partnership with Chichester and Arun District Councils, has developed adraft coastal defence strategy for the West Sussex coastline between Pagham Harbour and West Wittering. Between 29 May 2008 and 29 August 2008 they are inviting comments on their recommendations for managing flood and erosion risk over the next 100 years.
The draft strategy recommends that the vast majority of properties should be protected to their current standard or better, while recognising that securing funding for building and maintaining defences is a serious and pressing issue for the area.
Save Our Selsey are concerned about the funding for the policy of ‘hold the line’ in the Selsey area, and are not convinced that ‘managed realignment’ is the best policy in the Medmerry area.
The consultation period is open for 12 weeks - it’s crucial that anyone with an interest in the future of the coastline in this area makes their feelings known.
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