{"id":2481,"date":"2019-10-17T16:11:19","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T16:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aldeandore.org\/?p=2481"},"modified":"2022-09-24T10:54:23","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T09:54:23","slug":"shoreline-management-plan-poster-and-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aldeandore.org\/index.php\/2019\/10\/17\/shoreline-management-plan-poster-and-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoreline Management Plan – Poster and Advice"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Slaughden - Shoreline Management Plan Review - Public Consultation<\/h3>\n
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Please participate in a consultation on the revision the Shoreline Management Plan (SMP) which is running from 1 October to 30 November and there are open drop-in sessions<\/b><\/p>\n

on 18 October from 1500-1900 and 19 October from 1000-1300 in the Aldeburgh Community Centre.<\/b><\/p>\n

We have a chance to comment on the proposed revision to the Shoreline Management Plan (SMP) policy for the area to the south of the Aldeburgh Martello Tower. (SMP unit ORF15.1 Sudbourne Beach).<\/p>\n

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Many members will be aware just how vulnerable the section of coast south of the Martello Tower has become and how close the sea has been to breaching the shingle bank through to the river.
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The SMP is the government policy guiding coastal defence around the entire English and Welsh coast. The section south of the Martello Tower down Orford Ness has been formally reviewed, following the completion of the Alde and Ore Estuary Plan to implement refurbishment of the river walls to be able to withstand overtopping in a 1:200 year surge.
\nThe proposal is to change the SMP policy for this part of the coast, which is currently No Active Intervention from the year 2025 (i.e. spend no money, do nothing to counter erosion) to Managed Realignment. This recommendation from the Suffolk Coast Forum is designed to avoid a permanent breach from forming by providing resilience against erosion. A permanent breach would change the river very dramatically, increasing the vulnerability of the estuary area to flooding with consequences for houses, land, water aquifers, walking, the environmental habitats and sailing and other water activities: so it would transform the river as we know it. A policy of Managed Realignment would allow action to be taken to sustain the shingle shore bank.<\/p>\n

Alde and Ore Association members are therefore encouraged to support the proposed amendment, in writing if looking in at the drop-in sessions is not possible, during the consultation period which ends on 30 November.\u00a0It may also be helpful to add supportive comments giving one or two reasons for your support such as:<\/p>\n