Description: Suffolk Shoreline Management Plan 2
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A Shoreline Management Plan (SMP) is a large-scale assessment of the risks associated with coastal processes which seeks to reduce these risks to people and the developed, historic and natural environments. An SMP determines the natural forces which are shaping the shoreline to assess how it is likely to change over the next 100 years, taking account of the condition of existing defences. The SMP develops policies outlining how the shoreline should be managed in the future, balancing the scale of the risks
The preparation of an SMP is the responsibility of the operating authorities responsible for managing the coastline. In Suffolk these organisations are Suffolk Coastal District Council, Waveney District, EDF Energy and the Environment Agency – in association with Natural England and Suffolk County Council. The first generation Shoreline Management Plan for the Suffolk coastline, between Lowestoft and Felixstowe, was completed in 1998, covering a length of coastline of approximately 72 km. This SMP was revie