Futures Forum: Sidmouth Beach Management Plan Steering Group - background
below is the report from the Vision Group's Futures Forum, who were one of the attendees.
The official minutes of the Steering Group will appear shortly.
The main concerns coming
out of the preliminary meeting of the Sidmouth BMP Steering Group, from the VGS Futures Forum perspective,
are as follows:
> That the findings
and recommendations of the Pathfinder
project should be made available.
> That the Town
Council should be approached with regard to the Neighbourhood Flood Plan, which was set up under the Pathfinder
project.
> That any Community Infrastructure Levy raised
from any development at Port Royal should be spent on defence and protection
measures in Sidmouth which are proposed under the Beach Management Plan.
> That research
should be undertaken to ascertain any potential impacts on
Sidmouth’s economic wellbeing, tourism
industry and business community, if the BMP is not carried out.
> That research
should be undertaken into the
effects of flooding on:
- the eastern beach;
- fluvial flood defences;
- Alma Bridge;
- other significant assets, including the SWW
waste facility, the East Ham area and Port Royal.
It is with this in mind
that the VGS Futures Forum welcomes the BMP’s Steering Group’s community consultation to be held at the
Sailing Club at the end of February. The particular focus will be on
pictures and stories from local people re the beach/cliffs, as consultants
Halcrow are interested in the history and collection of data in order to put together a BMP which will
allow a full bid for funding from the Environment Agency.
The VGS Futures Forum
will consider a full public meeting
to follow on from this consultation - to allow further information and
proposals to come forward for the BMP.
See also:
VGS/FF minutes: Jan 2012
(agenda item
‘Pennington Point’)
Last Pathfinder project minutes: July 2011
EDDC: Pennington Point – Cliff Erosion Review:
April 2009
EDDC: Flooding Risk to Sidmouth through the
effects of Coastal Erosion at Pennington Point/Salcombe Hill Cliff:
February 2012
Submissions to the Local
Plan: Aug 2011 and Sept 2013
Environment Agency and
managing flood risk: 2012
.
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