Council overlooked in Norfolk Broads plans

07 May 2008
 
North Norfolk District Council has ‘not been involved in discussions’ initiated by Natural England about the Norfolk Broads’ future, which could see 25 square miles abandoned to the sea.

Natural England has been considering four strategic options for the Upper Thurne basin, if the current Environment Agency policy to ‘hold the line’ on the Happisburgh-Winterton defences for the next 50 years.

They range from doing nothing to re-engineering the shape of the coast. The work has caused alarm in local communities, following Eastern Daily Press stories about ‘a madcap plan’ to sacrifice villages such as Hickling, Potter Heigham and Eccles. North Norfolk coastal planner Rob Young called for ‘a dialogue with local communities’.

North Norfolk had refused to endorse the draft shoreline-management plan, entailing managed retreat, without social justice for residents facing blight (Surveyor, 13 March 2005).

Environment minister, Phil Woolas, told MPs this week: ‘The Government has not changed its policy towards sea defences in Norfolk.’ The draft shoreline-management plan’s commitment to defence for 50 years still stands. He would publish a finalised plan by next April.

The chancellor provided £30M last year for an ‘adaptation toolkit’, a form of compensation to allow communities affected by coastal change to adapt. The fund has been welcomed by the Coastal Concern Action Group. ‘The principle has been established. We can argue about the amount, and whether it will cover the full cost of residents’ homes, later,’ said spokesman Malcolm Kerby.

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