Coastal Change Management Areas Opportunities for sustainable solutions in areas subject to coastal change (NECR275)

This report highlights opportunities for Coastal Change Management Areas in England, where sustainable solutions can be realised in areas subject to coastal change. There was a two-study approach to this report:

Study 1: Identify a ‘top ten’ list of potential environmentally linked English CCMAs, where the options were either No Active Intervention (NAI) or Managed Realignment (MR) in the first SMP epoch.

Study 2: Expand the list of English CCMAs to include those where the current (first) SMP epoch option is Hold The Line (HTL) but where the second epoch option is either MR or NAI.  Click here to download the report

SMP Refresh – The Solent Forum ‘The Environment Agency is managing a refresh of the entire suite of Shoreline Management Plans (SMPs) covering the English coast. They will be working closely with the Coastal Groups to deliver this work. The current SMPs were developed between 2006 and 2012. The Refresh is not a third cycle of SMPs, but an updating exercise to ensure the current SMPs are fit for purpose. It will be working closely with local authorities and Defra organisations on this work from April 2019.’