Consultation Tracker

Shoreline Management Plan Review Consultation (SMP2)

Bournemouth Borough Council Start Date: Wednesday 25 November 2009
End Date: Wednesday 17 February 2010
Areas: Dorset Wide
Method: Display/Exhibition
Service Area: Environment & Pollution • Planning and Economic Development • Seafront and beaches
Status: Past Past
Organisation: Bournemouth Borough Council
Contact Name: David Harlow
Contact Phone: 01202 451389
Contact Email: david.harlow@bournemouth.gov.uk

About this Consultation

Our shoreline is constantly changing, sometimes gradually, sometimes dramatically, and these changes have created some of the coast's most beautiful and important features. They also, however, represent a threat to many of our coastal communities.

In 1994 the Coastal Groups and local authorities of England & Wales were encouraged by Government to adopt the concept of Shoreline Management Plans (SMPs), with a view to providing a more strategic and sustainable approach to coastal defence.

An SMP sets out the policy for managing our coastline and our response to the threat of coastal flooding and the risks of erosion for a pre-determined length of coast. It is a high level non-statutory policy document that aims to balance those risks with natural processes and the consequences of climate change. It needs to take account of existing defences and the natural and built environments, and be compatible with adjacent coastal areas.

The Draft SMP2 consultation period ended 17th February 2010; comments have been considered by the project team and the results are available below.

Thank you to the 525 local residents that visited the SMP Roadshow (30th Nov-4th Dec 2009).

The Roadshow was a series of five drop-in exhibitions across the region, during which Draft SMP2 policies were displayed. The events provided local people with an opportunity to examine and comments on the proposed policies, and to ask questions of the professionals.

To find out more about the Shoreline Management Plan click here.