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Coastal
 
Communities
 
at
 
Risk
 
A
 
Coastal
 
and
 
Marine
 
All
 
Party
 
Parliamentary
 
Group
 
and
 
Coastal
 
Concern
 
Action
 
Group
 
conference
 
Conference
 
report,
 
6
th
 
July
 
2009
 
The
 
Coastal
 
Communities
 
at
 
Risk
 
conference
 
opened
 
to
 
a
 
full
 
house
 
of 
 
over
 
70
 
delegates
 
in
 
the
 
elegant
 
surroundings
 
of 
 
the
 
Institution
 
of 
 
Civil
 
Engineers
 
Council
 
Room.
 
On
 
the
 
panel
 
were
 
the
 
Minister
 
for
 
flood
 
and
 
erosion
 
management,
 
Huw
 
Irranca
‐
Davies,
 
Norman
 
Lamb
 
MP
 
(APPG
 
Chair)
 
and
 
Graham
 
Stuart
 
MP
 
(APPG
 
Vice
‐
Chair).
 
Norman
 
Lamb
 
MP,
 
as
 
chair
 
of 
 
the
 
Coastal
 
and
 
Marine
 
All
 
Party
 
Parliamentary
 
Group,
 
set
 
out
 
the
 
background
 
to
 
the
 
event
 
by
 
reference
 
to
 
issues
 
within
 
his
 
North
 
Norfolk
 
constituency.
 
Brigitte
 
Bass
 
of 
 
the
 
Defend
 
Our
 
Coast
 
group
 
in
 
East
 
Sussex
 
described
 
how
 
stakeholders
 
were
 
isolated
 
by
 
the
 
SMP2
 
process.
 
The
 
group
 
had
 
worked
 
hard
 
over
 
a
 
number
 
of 
 
years
 
to
 
have
 
their
 
voice
 
heard
 
and
 
felt
 
ill
‐
equipped
 
to
 
participate
 
in
 
a
 
very
 
technical
 
debate
 
against
 
people
 
with
 
specialist
 
training
 
and
 
organisations
 
with
 
budgets
 
to
 
pay
 
for
 
research
 
and
 
staff 
 
travel
 
expenses
 
etc.
 
She
 
described
 
the
 
group’s
 
frustration
 
at
 
the
 
seeming
 
priority
 
given
 
to
 
the
 
sea
 
cabbage
 
over
 
coastal
 
communities!
 
Roland
 
O’Brien
 
of 
 
the
 
Save
 
our
 
Selsey
 
(SOS)
 
group
 
in
 
West
 
Sussex
 
drew
 
attention
 
to
 
the
 
apparent
 
illogical
 
situation
 
of 
 
a
 
Caravan
 
Park
 
generating
 
£50m
 
per
 
annum
 
for
 
the
 
local
 
economy
 
being
 
halved
 
in
 
size
 
for
 
the
 
sake
 
of 
 
a
 
£10million
 
sea
 
defence.
 
He
 
described
 
his
 
group’s
 
success
 
in
 
gaining
 
local
 
support
 
(1300
 
subscribers)
 
and
 
their
 
campaign
 
gaining
 
two
 
independent
 
seats
 
on
 
the
 
local
 
council.
 
SOS
 
is
 
calling
 
for
 
a
 
better
 
balance
 
between
 
nature
 
and
 
community/economy
 
in
 
shoreline
 
management,
 
the
 
inclusion
 
of 
 
rehousing
 
costs
 
in
 
the
 
benefit/cost
 
calculations
 
for
 
scheme
 
assessment,
 
and
 
a
 
new
 
grievance
 
procedure.
 
A
 
new
 
proposal
 
was
 
a
 
call
 
for
 
specific
 
regeneration
 
funding
 
for
 
communities
 
with
 
a
 
hold
 
the
 
line
 
policy
 
but
 
no
 
funding
 
from
 
the
 
coastal
 
defence
 
budget.
 
Malcolm
 
Kerby
 
Coastal
 
Concern
 
Action
 
Group,
 
Norfolk)
 
stressed
 
that
 
communities
 
need
 
more
 
time
 
to
 
understand,
 
consider
 
and
 
respond
 
to
 
consultations:
 
three
 
months
 
is
 
not
 
long
 
enough
 
to
 
mobilise
 
people
 
and
 
get
 
to
 
grips
 
with
 
the
 
issues.
 
He
 
reiterated
 
that
 
the
 
various
 
agencies
 
concerned
 
all
 
actually
 
work
 
for
 
the
 
stakeholder,
 
the
 
tax
 
payer,
 
which
 
did
 
not
 
seem
 
to
 
be
 
reflected
 
in
 
their
 
approach.
 
Finally,
 
he
 
drew
 
attention
 
again
 
to
 
the
 
fact
 
that
 
there
 
is
 
a
 
compensation
 
scheme
 
for
 
habitats
 
but
 
not
 
for
 
communities.
 
The
 
Minister
 
Huw
 
Irranca
‐
Davies
 
thanked
 
the
 
previous
 
speakers
 
and
 
emphasised
 
that
 
government
 
is
 
genuinely
 
willing
 
to
 
engage
 
and
 
encouraged
 
people
 
to
 
take
 
part
 
in
 
consultations,
 
“Its
 
up
 
to
 
you”.
 
He
 
also
 
said
 
that
 
the
 
government
 
is
 
committed
 
to
 
“protecting
 
property
 
on
 
the
 
coast
 
where
 
it 
 
is
 
sustainable
 
to
 
do
 
so
.”
 
He
 
highlighted
 
the
 
present
 
consultation
 
on
 
a
 
coastal
 
change
 
policy,
 
the
 
recent
 
consultation
 
on
 
Development
 
and
 
Coastal
 
Change
 
the
 
outcome
 
of 
 
which
 
will
 
soon
 
be
 
published,
 
and
 
the
 
call
 
for
 
 
 
proposals
 
for
 
Pathfinder
 
Projects
 
to
 
test
 
new
 
approaches
 
to
 
adaptation
 
to
 
coastal
 
change.
 
These
 
pathfinders
 
will
 
show
 
what
 
can
 
be
 
done
 
to
 
adapt,
 
and
 
government
 
hopes
 
to
 
include
 
projects
 
testing
 
both
 
big
 
ideas,
 
such
 
as
 
buy
 
and
 
lease
‐
back
 
schemes,
 
and
 
smaller
 
measures,
 
such
 
as
 
maintaining
 
footpaths
 
to
 
retain
 
coastal
 
tourism.
 
Comments
 
directed
 
to
 
the
 
Minister
 
included:
 
Nigel
 
Newton
 
(Rescue
 
the
 
Cuckmere
 
Valley,
 
East
 
Sussex)
 
suggested
 
that
 
consultations
 
are
 
a
 
sham.
 
Greg
 
Guthrie
 
(Royal
 
Haskoning)
 
suggested
 
that
 
100%
 
central
 
funding
 
was
 
restricting
 
flexibility
 
at
 
the
 
local
 
level.
 
Rob
 
Young
 
(North
 
Norfolk
 
District
 
Council)
 
commented
 
that
 
planning
 
is
 
good
 
for
 
controlling
 
new
 
development,
 
but
 
less
 
so
 
for
 
existing
 
and
 
that
 
a
 
new
 
mechanism
 
was
 
needed
 
to
 
support
 
adaptation.
 
Starting
 
the
 
second
 
session
 
of 
 
the
 
event,
 
Graham
 
Stuart
 
MP
 
(Beverley
 
and
 
Holderness)
 
talked
 
of 
 
the
 
“huge
 
disconnect”
 
between
 
those
 
people
 
in
 
power
 
and
 
communities
 
who
 
feel
 
they
 
have
 
very
 
little
 
power.
 
He
 
proposed
 
the
 
consideration
 
of 
 
National
 
Flood
 
Safety
 
Standards
 
in
 
the
 
UK,
 
taking
 
a
 
lead
 
from
 
the
 
Dutch
 
approach
 
which
 
he
 
saw
 
on
 
a
 
CoastNet
‐
organised
 
visit
 
to
 
the
 
Netherlands.
 
He
 
asked
 
“
 
How
 
can
 
we
 
change
 
the
 
political
 
dynamic,
 
to
 
make
 
it
 
easy 
 
for
 
politicians
 
to
 
do
 
the
 
right
 
thing
 
and
 
take
 
a
 
long
 
term
 
view?”
 
Graham
 
Stuart
 
invited
 
the
 
audience
 
to
 
respond:
 
Peter
 
Boggis
 
(Suffolk)
 
asked
 
that
 
quangos
 
be
 
answerable
 
for
 
their
 
mistakes.
 
Chris
 
Blunkell
 
(Faversham)
 
argued
 
that
 
the
 
process
 
should
 
start 
 
with
 
community
 
rather
 
than
 
tacking
 
it
 
[community
 
consultation]
 
on
 
the
 
end.
 
Amalia
 
Fernandez
‐
Bilbao
 
and
 
Stuart
 
Woodin
 
(Scott
 
Wilson
 
Group)
 
presented
 
their
 
recommendations
 
to
 
Defra
 
for
 
CAPE
 
(Community
 
Action
 
Planning
 
and
 
Engagement),
 
produced
 
under
 
contract
 
to
 
Defra.
 
This
 
approach
 
proposes
 
five
 
principles
 
which
 
include
 
social
 
 justice
 
and
 
support,
 
open
 
and
 
honest
 
information,
 
and
 
community
‐
based
 
partnerships.
 
CAPE
 
is
 
published
 
in
 
the
 
form
 
of 
 
guidance
 
for
 
local
 
authorities
 
and
 
others.
 
Cllr.
 
Clive
 
Stockton
 
of 
 
North
 
Norfolk
 
District
 
Council,
 
and
 
representing
 
the
 
Local
 
Government
 
Association,
 
pointed
 
out
 
that
 
local
 
authorities
 
have
 
to
 
work
 
under
 
very
 
strict
 
guidelines
 
in
 
relation
 
to
 
shoreline
 
management,
 
which
 
reduces
 
local
 
flexibility.
 
He
 
presented
 
the
 
view
 
that
 
‘Adaptation’
 
should
 
not
 
replace
 
well
 
thought
 
out
 
protection
 
[against
 
erosion],
 
but
 
it
 
is
 
an
 
option
 
where
 
defences
 
are
 
genuinely
 
unsustainable.
 
He
 
outlined
 
three
 
approaches:
 
1.
 
Planning:
 
using
 
positive
 
tools,
 
such
 
as
 
roll
‐
back
 
policies
 
and
 
temporary
 
uses
 
 
 
2.
 
Buying
 
time:
 
SMPs
 
may
 
take
 
a
 
long
‐
term
 
view,
 
but
 
the
 
public
 
interpretation
 
of 
 
them
 
produces
 
a
 
sudden
 
change
 
in
 
perception
 
when
 
they
 
are
 
published
 
3.
 
Community
 
engagement:
 
working
 
with
 
the
 
community
 
to
 
build
 
local
 
resilience.
 
Malcolm
 
Kerby
 
(CCAG,
 
Happisburgh)
 
described
 
his
 
efforts
 
over
 
a
 
number
 
of 
 
years
 
to
 
help
 
other
 
community
 
action
 
groups
 
to
 
understand
 
and
 
influence
 
the
 
system
 
and
 
to
 
argue
 
their
 
case.
 
This
 
resulted
 
in
 
establishing
 
the
 
website
 
‘National
 
Voice
 
for
 
Coastal
 
Communities’
 
(http://www.nvcc.org.uk/)
 
last
 
year
 
as
 
a
 
common
 
resource.
 
He
 
called
 
for
 
community
 
action
 
groups
 
to
 
take
 
part
 
in
 
the
 
new
 
national
 
Forum
 
that
 
was
 
to
 
be
 
initiated
 
later
 
that
 
day
 
and
 
to
 
work
 
together
 
to
 
make
 
their
 
voices
 
heard.
 
Alex
 
Midlen
 
(CoastNet)
 
continued
 
outlining
 
some
 
of 
 
the
 
potential
 
benefits
 
of 
 
such
 
a
 
forum,
 
including
 
the
 
mutual
 
support
 
and
 
sharing
 
of 
 
experience
 
amongst
 
members
 
and
 
the
 
existence
 
of 
 
a
 
national
 
body
 
for
 
Defra
 
and
 
other
 
agencies
 
to
 
liaise
 
with.
 
He
 
pointed
 
out
 
that
 
communities
 
have
 
a
 
right
 
to
 
understand
 
policy,
 
and
 
that
 
a
 
strong
 
community
 
body
 
such
 
as
 
the
 
proposed
 
forum
 
is
 
good
 
for
 
democracy
 
and
 
good
 
for
 
policy.
 
Final
 
Discussion
 
Shaun
 
Thomas
 
(Natural
 
England)
 
acknowledged
 
the
 
negative
 
comments
 
about
 
Natural
 
England
 
and
 
other
 
agencies
 
during
 
the
 
event,
 
but
 
countered
 
that
 
it
 
was
 
Natural
 
England’s
 
 job
 
to
 
safeguard
 
the
 
environment
 
and
 
wildlife
 
and
 
that
 
it
 
would
 
not
 
shirk
 
from
 
that
 
task.
 
However,
 
NE
 
too
 
recognised
 
the
 
lack
 
of 
 
suitable
 
tools
 
to
 
arrive
 
at
 
achievable
 
solutions
 
and
 
felt
 
that
 
this
 
was
 
a
 
point
 
of 
 
common
 
ground
 
with
 
community
 
action
 
groups
 
that
 
should
 
enable
 
the
 
opening
 
of 
 
a
 
constructive
 
dialogue.
 
He
 
was
 
generally
 
applauded
 
for
 
his
 
statement.
 
David
 
Rooke
 
(Environment
 
Agency)
 
concurred.
 
Norman
 
Lamb
 
MP
 
(conference
 
Chair)
 
asked
 
for
 
a
 
show
 
of 
 
hands
 
in
 
favour
 
of 
 
the
 
Forum.
 
Most
 
approved,
 
but
 
with
 
the
 
proviso
 
that
 
it
 
should
 
not
 
take
 
the
 
place
 
of 
 
local
 
groups
 
that
 
could
 
reflect
 
a
 
local
 
view
 
and
 
build
 
on
 
local
 
opportunities.
 
Nigel
 
Newton
 
(Cuckmere
 
Valley)
 
commented
 
that
 
in
 
criminal
 
 justice
 
both
 
sides
 
have
 
the
 
right
 
to
 
finance
 
to
 
develop
 
and
 
present
 
their
 
case.
 
This
 
is
 
not
 
the
 
case
 
for
 
threatened
 
communities
 
and
 
government
 
money
 
should
 
be
 
available
 
to
 
enable
 
local
 
groups
 
to
 
also
 
commission
 
reports,
 
attend
 
meetings
 
and
 
so
 
on.
 
Robert
 
Cauldwell
 
(Regional
 
Flood
 
Defence
 
Committee,
 
Anglia
 
Northern)
 
commented
 
that
 
‘community
 
engagement
 
is
 
a
 
must’.
 
It
 
should
 
be
 
given
 
time
 
in
 
the
 
SMP
 
process
 
and
 
adequate
 
funding.
 
Bill
 
Parker
 
(Suffolk
 
Coastal
 
District
 
Council)
 
supported
 
improved
 
information
 
for
 
communities
 
and
 
promoted
 
the
 
role
 
of 
 
Coastal
 
Partnerships
 
in
 
this
 
regard.
 
Sarah
 
Freemantle
 
(Solent
 
Protection
 
Society)
 
called
 
for
 
basic
 
education
 
for
 
stakeholders
 
and
 
drew
 
attention
 
to
 
the
 
value
 
of 
 
the
 
Ventnor
 
coastal
 
library
 
in
 
this
 
regard
 
(http://www.iwight.com/learning/resources/coastal_visitors.asp
 
)
 
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