Who are we? - The Eastern Solent Coastal Partnership

The Coastal Partnership is a small group of officers who manage the coastal flood and erosion risk to Havant, Portsmouth, Gosport and Fareham's coastline. The Partnership has a wealth of local knowledge and experience of the coastal problems particular to our coastline.

What we do as a team

Service Structure

The services we provide

How are we doing?

The Coastal Partnership Team aims

For further information on the Coastal Partnership

What we do as a team

The Coastal Partnership aim to reduce risks to people, the developed and natural environment from flooding and coastal erosion by encouraging provision of technically, economically and environmentally sound defence measures along the coastline of the Partnership. The Coastal Team

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,
ensuring a sustainable approach by avoiding committing future generations to inflexible and expensive options for coastal defence,
monitoring the evolution of the coastline and the forcing parameters affecting it.

Service Structure

The services we provide:

Liaison with organisations, bodies and individuals with an interest in the management of the coastal zone, including SCOPAC (Standing Conference On Problems Associated with the Coastline).
Develop strategic plans for the future management of the coastline and ensure their implementation.
Ensure that developments within the coastal zone do not adversely affect the environment.
Avoid committing future generations to inflexible and expensive options for coastal defence.
Monitoring the evolution of the coastline and the waves and tides affecting it.
Where appropriate, implement the construction of suitable coastal defences.
We have a link to the 'CHIMET' service which provides residents and marine users with real time information on wave heights, wind speeds etc from the Chichester Bar Beacon at the mouth of Chichester Harbour (in association with Chichester Harbour Conservancy, Chichester Harbour Federation and the RNLI)

How are we doing?

The list above is an outline of the services we provide. The other items in the menu give much more detailed information. Once you have read this information, we would be grateful for your feedback on how you think we are doing. In particular, we would be interested to learn whether you think we are doing enough to preserve and maintain the Borough's coastal environment. Do you think it is important that the Council continues this work?

Please email your thoughts or comments to customer.services@havant.gov.uk. All responses will be treated in confidence.

Aims of the Coastal Defence Partnership Team

The aim of the Coastal Defence Management Partnership is to reduce the risks to people and the development and natural environment from flooding and coastal erosion.

Our Partnership

Go to this section for more information on the Eastern Solent Coastal Partnership

Havant Borough Council, Civic Centre Road, Havant, Hampshire PO9 2AX