UK Shoreline Management Plans Flashcards
What are Shoreline Management Plans (SMPs)?
A high level, non-statutory, policy document setting out a framework for future management of the coastline and coastal defences- land use planning decisions.
Promotes management policies into the 22nd century that will achieve long-term objectives without committing future generations to unsustainable practises.
Who develops Shoreline Management Plans (SMPs)?
Coastal groups with members mainly from local councils and the environment agency.
They identify the most sustainable approach to managing the flood and coastal erosion risks to the coastline in the:
- short term (0- 20 years)
- medium term (20 -50 years)
- long term (50-100 years)
How are Shoreline Management Plans (SMPs) divided along the coast?
11 major ‘cells’.
Cells (and sub-cells) loosely based on “littoral cells” (closed sediment transport boundaries)
22 Coastal groups- each group has its own SMP.
SMP objectives
Define the coastal flooding and erosion risks to people and the developed, historic and natural environments
Identify the preferred policies for managing those risks
Identify the consequences of implementing the preferred policies [e.g., properties lost if…]
Set out procedures for monitoring the effectiveness of the policies
Inform others so future land use and coastal zone development can take
Account of the risks, the time frame of risks and the policies
Comply with environmental legislation and social obligations
Shoreline management policies
Hold the Line (HTL):
Maintain or upgrade the level of protection provided by existing coastal defences.
Shoreline management policies
Advance the Line (ATL):
Build new defences seaward of the existing defence line.
Shoreline management policies Managed Realignment (MR):
Allowing the shoreline to move backwards or forwards, with management to control or limit movement.
Shoreline management policies
No Active Intervention (NAI):
a decision not to invest in providing or maintaining any defence.
What kind of shoreline do “no intervention” policies tend to have?
Either already protected…and/or bed rock
What kind of shoreline do “hold the line” policies tend to have?
Young(ish) sediments
Issue of a policy of HTL, ATL or MR…
does not mean that public funding is secured or guaranteed.
What is the North Solent SMP?
Shoreline management plan ran by New Forest District Council and runs from Hurst Spit to Selsey Bill
How much coastline does the National Trust manage?
775 miles (1250km) of UK coast
How many homes does the Environment Agency estimate could be lost to coastal erosion by 2030?
Over 700 in England.
…and
How many businesses and residential properties do the Environment Agency estimate are at high risk of flooding?
247,000
