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Appendix to the State of Conservation report June 2011

NOTE: Applications in the setting of the Site are not listed here unless adjacent to it.

Site wide Pre designation 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 South and Dorset SMP review Completed and adopted Poole and Christchurch Bays SMP review Completed and adopted Channel Coastal Observatory strategic monitoring programme Ongoing with renewed funding SW strategic monitoring programme (Plymouth Coastal Observatory) National Coastal erosion risk mapping project Still to be published Research strategy received from Plymouth University New World Heritage Site Management Plan 2009 – 2014 Coastal Pathfinder Early consultation on an Consultation on likely area of offshore wind farm off the wind farm Purbeck coast Site Specific North Halcrow appointed to North Swanage (outside WHS team/NE commissioned Planning Application at Pines (lies outside the examine options for slope WHS). Planning application strategic study to identify key Hotel to stabilise cliff face. Site but within stabilisation of the cliffs in granted for small beach hut interests and areas still in 28 Burlington Road; Planning GCR 2629 front of the Pines Hotel. development.  favourable condition. ☺ application for construction Wealden Beds of beach huts turned down. Pathfinder study site Pathfinder work complete Swanage Bay Beach replenishment scheme completed. Derelict WW2 lookout in Report received and Swanage Town Council Match funding provided dangerous condition. presented to the owners, obtained quote to remove from Natural England/WHS Options report Swanage Town Council with lookout on Peveril Point. Team to demolish lookout. ☺ commissioned. a recommendation to They have set funding aside remove the structure with and started fundraising. ☺ partnership funding. Coastal defences in centre of the bay constructed in the late 1980’s Bay SMP policy of ‘Hold the Line’ for the slipway area in conflict with WHS but a very small area with no significant effect Report of collecting in situ within . Report passed to land agent. Worbarrow Partial loss of dinosaur Tout trackway put down to natural processes. Concerns following beach Lulworth Estate presented lowering exposing outline plans to repair and foundations to infrastructure improve exposed foundations.  Coastal defences constructed Meeting with WDDC to look Works completed on the Pathfinder work complete in the 1990’s at maintenance and a small groyne.  extension of the eastern rock

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Site wide Pre designation 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 groyne. Informal response made. Pathfinder study site Osmington Failed slope stabilisation Volunteer party undertook structure - 1997 removal of failed alien materials from the coastal slope and beach ☺ Portland Gas planning application for pipeline across . Proposal is for a directionally drilled pipeline with no impact on the coast. Bowlease Cove Failing and ineffective coast defence structures that pre date designation. Preston Beach Ongoing beach Environment Agency Pathfinder study site Pathfinder work complete (outside Site) management. consultation on future beach management plan. Newton’s Cove Replacement of failing coast Planning application received defence structures (2003). to replace footbridge over Minimal impact on Site. Newton’s Road. Works undertaken with very good feedback on quality. ☺ Portland Declining through Environment Agency secured Strategic study completed by Environment Agency secured SMP policy potential conflict Belle View Road granted Harbour Shore construction of Portland funding for a strategic study Halcrow for the Harbour funding to examine viability along the western end of the planning permission for Harbour breakwaters and of coastal defence options. Shore. of slope stabilisation in shore – Castle Cove sailing slope stabilisation works in incremental, ad hoc coastal accordance with the draft club to the Ferrybridge.  front of the property.  defences and development. SMP policy.  Planning application for Consultation on cliff 27a Old Castle Road, Emergency stability works at stabilisation measures at 14 Shore; a 14 Belle View Road. No Belle View Road. second application to objection as works lie outside construct two properties the Site rather than one.  Planning permission granted for one property adjacent to the Site at 27a Old Castle Road  Planning Permission granted for redevelopment of Castle Cove Sailing Club and work commenced.  Portland East Planning for Portland Gas Weares underground gas storage facility granted. The development lies outside the Site but may generate need for coastal defences in future. Portland The Stone Firms Ltd has Dorset County Council Coastal Strip stated their intention to work Minerals Planning placed a this area with active minerals modification order on parts permission. The southern of the coastal strip that area will result in quarrying restricts quarrying due to

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of part of the Portland Raised potential impact on SAC. ☺ Beach, GCR 1643.  letter to DEFRA expressing concern regarding proposals to quarry the coastal strip, including areas containing the raised beach Portland Tar Evidence of irresponsible Options considered for Rocks fossil collecting which has erecting signing to dissuade caused damage to large in fossil collectors at Tar Rocks sequence, ex situ but no action was identified ammonites.  that would solve the problem Planning application for small (13m) wind turbine at Underhill County Junior School. No objection to the proposal. Existing coast defence Large amounts of marine Informal consultation on W&PBC commissioned study EA commissioned new Beach W&PBC undertook wall scheme (early 1980’s) on litter reported.  proposed study to look at to examine options for repair Management Plan from the repairs at southern end of and in beach. replacement of existing sea to sea wall Cove to the beach opposite Chesil Cove March to May walls at Chesil Cove Wyke 2011  Application to replace pipes in sea water intake at Chesil Cove Ferrybridge Meeting with EN and Debris on Fleet shoreline; Tyres and stone used to Southern Electric regarding Don Moxom and Rachel make home -made sea power cables exposed on the Waldock contacted.  defence on fleet shore at East Fleet Shore. Fleet farm  Ilchester Estate and BTCV Consultation to lay an volunteers cleaned up some electricity cable from Wyke of the Fleet shoreline debris. Regis to Portland. More days to follow ☺ Informal view to NE on Swannery works at the Swannery (outside this GCR and others in the area) for remedial works to secure degraded banks and structures associated with the Swannery. Reinstatement of beach car park. Work undertaken despite recommendation from WHS Team, NE and AONB to relocate the car park back from the beach.  Burton Small amount of rock armour Planning application to Concerns expressed about a Request for pre planning Bradstock protecting beach house. redevelop the Burton Cliff group of German collectors opinion on proposals for the Date established unknown Hotel. both here and at Eype. For Old Coastguard Caravan site, but pre nomination. action see Eype below.  Small amounts of rock PRE/11/00159. Comments armour (protecting shed) made and gabion baskets (protecting coast path).

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Established in the late 1990’s by Dorset County Council Freshwater Rock and earth Bund Informal consultation by Study below has implications Beach recharge to West Bay (originally granted with Halcrow for beach at Freshwater due to complete Autumn 1010.  limited permission) and management plan at recycling of beach sediment caravan site extension onto Freshwater. beach West Bay Ongoing beach Draft Beach Management Initial meeting with the EA Comments made on East East Beach management management on East Beach Plan for West Bay and and Halcrow to discuss Beach, West Bay beach plan includes possible to maintain a high beach Freshwater consultation from beach replenishment options Management Plan importation of shingle under profile to prevent flooding. Environment Agency. for East Beach, West Bay. the Emergency Powers Act if Material taken from Comments made. required.  Freshwater and returned to West Bay as and when required. /Eype Existing coast defence at Meeting with National Trust E-mail to one organiser of Pathfinder study site Comments and questions on Seatown scheme; rock to discuss use of stone saws German fossil collecting sustainability of planning armour and drainage (1997). to extract starfish from ex groups explaining local application 1/D/10/001957, situ blocks concerns over the actions of Anchor Inn, Seatown such groups. Pathfinder work complete Refurbishment of defence scheme including a 15m extension of rock armour to the west.  Two collectors Stonebarrow flatstone bed – National Trust served an Pathfinder study site Fossil collecting. Digging in photographed and fresh digging in situ injunction against a collector situ along Stonebarrow cliffs approached by the National for persistent and dangerous challenged four times in the Trust regarding digging in digging in the cliffs, autumn.  the cliffs at Stonebarrow Stonebarrow, Charmouth. ☺ Pathfinder work complete Letter to one collector Report of two Southampton Two Southampton based Comments on planning (previously warned for based collectors digging in collectors (the same as in application 1/D/10/002095 digging in situ) warning of the cliffs. Efforts made to 2009) challenged for digging Higher Sea Lane to legal action should he contact them.  in the flatsone bed and demolition existing property continue to dig in situ in the stated that they would not and construction of two cliffs. do it again.  more.  Employment of a summer fossil warden to advise tourist. ☺ Initiate review of the West Review of fossil code June to Dorset fossil collecting code September 2012 of conduct. Major works along sea front; Concern regarding rubbish WDDC commissioned SITA Spittles tip slip (Lyme Regis) beach replenishment, rock from the old Lyme Regis tip for a further clear up of the clean up operations. WDDC armour groynes and slope now exposed by the slip. old tip at Lyme using commissioned clean up of stabilisation.  vehicular access from the beach in December 2010 Charmouth. Vehicle and May 2011. ☺ equipped with rubber tracks. ☺ WDDC submitted ‘preferred Revised East Cliff Coast East Cliff Coast Defence Monmouth Beach huts; option’ for East Cliff but Defence scheme planning scheme planning application Planning application raised considerable concerns application granted with environmental (1/D/10/001891) to move on geological and biological concerns addressed. ☺ beach huts forward further grounds.  onto the beach.  Monmouth Excavation of a Plesiosaur Exeter University undertaken Beach, Lyme from the Ammonite base line for survey of Regis Pavement (Bed 29) with boulder movement along the agreement from Natural shore.

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England and the landowner. ☺ Ware Fields, Ware Fields, Informal Lyme Regis meeting to explore possibility of installing drainage above failing cliff threatening beach huts on Monmouth Beach. Bay English Nature letter to SW South West Water completed Water requesting removal of clean up of abandoned pipes at Pinhay Pinhay Pumping Station by removing all above surface structures. ☺ Volunteers, with Natural England and Countryside Service removed abandoned plastic pipes between the pumping station and the beach, Pinhay. ☺ Napoli beaching and Branscombe; unconsented associated loss of cargo  maintenance of rock armour Followed by clear up ☺ in front of beach huts to the west.  Napoli clean up - Site visit with NE & NT to Observable crushing of a Branscombe beach (strictly considerable volume of outside this GCR) re pebbles by tracked concerns over rock armour machinery.  and soil nailing works carried out locally.  : Coast defence scheme Pathfinder study site Planning application Pennington turned down (2004). submitted for coast defence Point with 240m of rock armour Sidmouth Offshore breakwaters, beach replenishment completed in 1995 and Bedford Steps groyne 2000 Budleigh Planning comments Realignment of East Devon Salterton submitted regarding Golf Course fairways nearest Longboat Café application the coast ☺ on Budleigh seafront. Storm drain installed at Annual vegetation clearance 11/1267/FUL - 23A Steamer Steps without on cliffs behind esplanade. ☺ Northview Road Budleigh consultation.  Remedial Salterton EX9 6DD works undertaken to improve Application to demolish and visual aspect of the works. ☺ rebuild an existing property Sandy Letter to Sandy Bay Caravan Bay/Devon site suggesting removal of Cliffs derelict handrails on beach. They independently plan to remove fence. ☺

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