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23rd July 2010: New Consultation information being sent to Stakeholders
Letters, Summary Leaflets, Consultation Response Forms and full details of the Consultation are being sent to all registered stakeholders, together with an invitation to consulatation events. We are writing to all individuals, representatives and groups with an interest in the shoreline who are stakeholders in the developing plan, following on from our last public meeting held in Cowes in April.
23rd July 2010: Draft SMP now published!
The Draft SMP has been published on 23rd July for a 3-month
period of public consultation. We want to hear from you! -Please click here for more details.
We are pleased to announce that the Draft Shoreline Management Plan 2 has been prepared and was published on Friday 23rd July for a 3-month period of public examination. The Draft SMP is now available for your comments until 23rd October 2010.
Spring 2010: Presentations to the Stakeholder Group now available The presentations made at the public meeting held in Cowes on 19th April are now available online.
Please click here for the introduction and a summary of the key risks for the Isle of Wight, and click here for a summary of the SMP decision-making process and the descrition of the objectives and policy drivers for each section of the coast.
1st April 2010:
Invitation to a public meeting for stakeholders on Monday 19th April 2010, 3pm, Northwood House, Cowes.
Please contact smp@iow.gov.uk or phone 01983 857220 if you wish to attend this meeting on 19th April. Thank you.
The Isle of Wight Shoreline Management Plan (SMP) is currently being updated, and will set policy for the management of coastal flooding and erosion risks around the Isle of Wight coastline and estuaries. We are writing to invite all stakeholders to a public meeting to provide an update on the Shoreline Management Plan review, to explain more about the thinking behind the plan and how it might affect you, your property and key interests.
We are writing to all representatives, groups and registered individuals with an interest in the shoreline who are stakeholders in the developing plan. If you would like to join this list, please click here. Following our initial data gathering from stakeholders in September 2008 and our subsequent work in 2009, we would now like to invite all stakeholders to a public meeting on Monday 19th April 2010, at 3pm at Northwood House in Cowes. It will provide23 July, 2010 Shoreline Management Plan and will outline plans for public consultation on the Draft Plan in summer 2010. The meeting will include sessions for questions and answers and discussion.
An update on the development of the new SMP: Recent work on the SMP has outlined the natural processes and coastal defence structures that are affecting the changing shoreline and has identified the flood and erosion risks that the Isle of Wight will face in the future if the defences fail. This has included describing what is at risk over the next 100 years, including residential and commercial areas, infrastructure, sites of natural or historic importance and features, such as beaches, which might be important for the local tourism economy. This information has been used to draft objectives which state the important issues that the SMP intends to support and preserve. The meeting will outline these key issues and objectives for each area of the coast and will provide a chance to discuss these elements of the work. After the meeting, the policies will be developed as part of the Draft SMP and published in summer 2010 for a 3-month period of public consultation (from July to September). The results of the public consultation will then be used to set the final policies and the Final SMP will be completed and adopted in December 2010.
Topics for the Stakeholder meeting on Monday 19 th April include:
- The importance of the Shoreline Management Plan for Isle of Wight coastal communities and the work to date;
- The changing coastline of the Isle of Wight and the challenges of coastal erosion and flooding;
- The objectives for managing each section of the coast and the key issues in each of these areas, which will be used to set policies.
- Plans to issue the Draft SMP, including proposed policies, for a three-month period of Public Consultation in July to September 2010.
Please contact smp@iow.gov.uk or phone 01983 857220 if you wish to attend the meeting on 19th April.
The Isle of Wight Shoreline Management Plan
–An introduction
About our Shoreline Management Plan:
A Shoreline Management Plan (SMP) sets policy for the management of coastal flooding and erosion risks for a pre-determined length of coast. SMPs are being prepared right around the coastline of England and Wales . It is a non-statutory high level document that provides a broad assessment of the long term risks associated with coastal processes and sea level rise and helps to reduce these risks to people and the developed, historic and natural environment.
The responsibility for management of the coastal defences against erosion and flooding is shared between the Environment Agency and the local Coast Protection Authority, in this case the Isle of Wight Council and the frontage owner.
The fist Isle of Wight SMP (SMP1) was produced in 1997. Since then significant progress has been made in understanding and mapping coastal processes. SMP1 was an innovative step forward but it is due for review to ensure full account is taken of latest information, the views of stakeholders and of future challenges.
The review of the Shoreline Management Plan is being led by the Isle of Wight Council and the Environment Agency. The new Plan will be finalised in December 2010.
About the decisions that need to be made:
The Isle of Wight Shoreline Management Plan will set policy options for each section of the coastline, as follows:
- No active intervention (do nothing) –meaning no investment will be made in coastal defences of other operations other than for safety purposes.
- Hold the existing line –which means the coast protection authority or the landowner can keep the line of defence as it is by maintaining existing defences or changing the standard of protection.
- Advance the line –involves building new defences on the seaward side of existing defences.
- Managed realignment –allows natural physical processes to act on a stretch of shoreline by the removal of existing defences altogether or moving them to higher ground.
The SMP will suggest a preferred policy for each length of coast and it will be important to gauge the response to the proposed policy from the community and from relevant organisations.
FAQ's can be found on the following SMP page
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May 2009: Questionnaire responses help identify important issues
The questionnaires and comments returned in October 2009 by residents and organisations on the coast of the Isle of Wight are being used to inform the development of the SMP. The replies are helping identify the issues and range of features that characterise each section of the coastline that may affect the shoreline management policies to be agreed in 2010.
This process will contribute to an understanding of what is at risk from future coastal change or flooding. It also helps set clear objectives that the shoreline management policy will aim to fulfil.
More information for stakeholders will be provided on this website in late Summer 2009.
If you would like to register as a new stakeholder please send your contact details to smp@iow.gov.uk. Further information and contact details can be found in the page below.
December 2008: Responses to the Questionnaire
Thank you to all the organisations and individuals who returned questionnaires and contributed information about the coast. Over 260 organisations and individuals were contacted to inform them about the SMP review and request their views and information, and the response rate was nearly 40%. The responses are being collated and will be used to inform the development of the Shoreline Management Plan.
A summary list of the organisations contacted can be found here.
September 2008: Letters and Questionnaires sent to Stakeholders
Letters have been sent out to over 250 organisations and people with a role or interest in the Isle of Wight coast to introduce the review of the Shoreline Management Plan. The letter also includes a questionnaire (with pre-paid SAE) to seek your views and ask if you can supply any information on a range of topics that could inform the new SMP. Replies are requested by 31 October 2008.
As the SMP develops we will update these stakeholders with news of all the public consultation days and events.
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