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Coastal Defence Partnership Team
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Coastal Defence Partnership Team |
| Contact Us |
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In person:
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Please call in at our Reception in the Southmoor
Depot Office Foyer. Enquiries may be made Monday to Friday 9
am to 5 pm.
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| By telephone: |
Customer Services on 023 9244 6013 |
| Our Address: |
Havant Borough Council, Southmoor Depot & Offices, 2
Penner Road, Havant, PO9 1QH
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| Our Email: |
customer.services@havant.gov.uk |
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The Coastal Partnership Team surveys and carries out research
relating to coast protection and sea defence; designs and
supervises new sea defence and coast protection projects; arranges
and supervises coastal protection works and advises private
individuals on minor problems with coast protection and flooding
where these are the consultee's responsibility.
The coastal district within the Coastal Partnerships
Authority is approximately 128 kilometres in length. The
Coastal Partnership maintains this with the help of land owners
whose land adjoins the shoreline.
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The
Coast
Protection Act 1949 and the
Land
Drainage Act 1991, provide maritime Councils with permissive
powers to carry out coastal defence works.
Coastal defence
is an encompassing term for both 'coast protection' and 'sea
defence'; where
coast protection is the protection of the
land from the risk of erosion and
sea defence is the
defence against the risk of sea and tidal flooding.
Our aim is to:
Reduce the risks to people and the developed and natural
environment from flooding and coastal erosion by encouraging the
provision of technically, environmentally and economically sound
and sustainable defence measures along the entire 128 km
coastline contained within the Coastal Defence Partnership's
authority boundary.
This is achieved by undertaking a number of functions:
- ensure the development of strategic plans for the future
management of the coastline and ensure their implementation.
- ensure that any development within the coastal zone does not
adversely effect the environment.
- ensure that any development within the coastal zone does not
disrupt natural processes, such as the transport of sediment along
the shoreline.
- avoid committing future generations to inflexible and expensive
options for coastal defence.
- monitoring the evolution of the coastline and the forcing
parameters affecting it.
The Borough also protects its assets against coastal erosion
and flooding from the sea, without conflicting with the
above.
A major task is the production of Management Plans in
association with the Environment Agency (EA). Shoreline
Management Plans, Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management
Strategies and Beach Management Plans contribute to the
continuing maintenance of the Borough's assets and protection of
property. The Plans are used to provide the framework within which
maintenance works and new schemes are identified and prioritised.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(
DEFRA
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can award Capital Grant towards Strategies, preliminary studies and
Capital Schemes.
Maintenance works is generally funded from the Councils
revenue budgets, although where appropriate the Council can receive
a large proportion of the project's cost in the form of Capital
Grant from
DEFRA
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Capital Grant is awarded when a scheme is considered to have clear
economic benefits to society. Other sources of funding coastal
schemes in our area include Hampshire County Council.
The Coastal Defence Team is a small group of officers who manage the Borough's coastline. They have a wealth of local knowledge and experience of the coastal problems particular to our coastline
Managing our Coastline
Defending our Coastline
Inspections of the coastline are undertaken regularly to monitor the condition of structures, to enable efficient use of maintenance budgets.
The predicted effects of climate change and sea level rise on coastal management issues
Introduction to flooding, including a link to see whether your property is in a flood risk area, the contact details for Floodline, and various advice and guidance
Frequently Asked Questions
Education Resources
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