General
Information
The Council has a coastline of 60km and the Coast Protection
Section maintains the sea defence structures along 18.5km of this
frontage. These defences protect the towns of Harwich, Dovercourt,
and Walton on the Naze, Frinton on Sea, Holland on Sea, Clacton and
Brightlingsea.
Works undertaken range from day to day maintenance of promenades
and seawalls to the design and implementation of major capital
schemes costing many millions of pounds. Each year several sections
of the sea defences are renewed as part of a rolling programme of
special maintenance schemes funded from the Council's Revenue
Budgets.
Larger schemes are produced to comply with Defra (the Department
of Environment, Fisheries and Food) guidelines and their High Level
Targets for coast protection.
All works are designed in house using modern surveying
techniques and the latest computer aided design technology.
Other work carried out includes the maintenance of the cliff
paths and slopes on behalf of Leisure Services.
Clacton Coastal
Strategy
In 2004 detailed proposals to replace the existing sea defences
at Holland-on-Sea / Clacton-on-Sea were submitted to Defra.
Although these were given approval in principle the schemes have
not received funding approval.
In response to government comments that the proposals could not
be afforded, Tendring District Council are now working with the
Environment Agency to develop revised strategy proposals. This work
will be completed in 2012. In the mean time works are ongoing to
carry out short-term repair as required.
Current and Completed Coast Protection works around the
district
You can find out more about our ongoing projects on our
current coast protection works
page.
You can also view information on our completed works on our
Archive page.
The Essex and South Suffolk Shoreline Management Plan (SMP)
The Essex and South Suffolk
draft Shoreline Management Plan covers approximately 440km of coast
from Landguard Point in Felixstowe to Two Tree Island in the Thames
Estuary, including Southend. It will determine the best ways to
look after this part of the coast in a sustainable way for the next
100 years.
The public consultation took
place from March to June 2010. There was an extremely good
response, with the Environment Agency receiving over 180 formal
responses. Officers and local councillors considered which comments
would lead to changes in the draft SMP document and in particular
where comments would lead to a change in flood risk management
policy for a frontage.
The draft plan has been
approved by the partner local authorities in Essex and South
Suffolk. The Environment Agency are currently seeking agreement
from the Secretary of State that the plan is compliant with UK and
Euorpean Law. Final sign-off will be by their Regional Director,
after which they will begin to circulate and implement the
plan.
The final draft plan will be
availabe to download soon from this
site.
For more
information go to the
Enviornment Agency's
website
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