North East Area Coastal Update

Simon Wilson Senior Advisor, North East Southern Promenade – Seawall Repair

• OBC approval £550k (GiA)

• 93 homes better protected

• Scheme to extend asset life by 50yrs

• Scheme had seen some delays due to planning

• Scheme now complete Accelerated Funding Schemes Northumberland • Beacon Hill Coastal Management (£25k) • Cresswell Coastal Management (£50k) • Meggies Burn Outfall Erosion Study (£25k) North Tyneside • North Shields Fish Quay (£45k) • Sea Banks Sea Wall (£45k) Hartlepool • Hartlepool Marina Study (£50k) Yorkshire Area Coastal Update

Ed Hinton Senior Advisor, Yorkshire Area Yorkshire area overview Staithes

Whitby Piers Whitby Church St.

Robin Hoods Bay

Scarborough Spa

Filey seawall

Withernsea

5 Recently completed schemes

Whitby – Church Street FAS Scarborough Spa scheme Whitby Piers scheme Ongoing schemes - development

Filey seawall Robin Hoods Bay seawall Strategies

• Staithes strategy – underway

• Scarborough strategy refresh – currently going through assurance & signoff process Ongoing schemes - construction

South Withernsea coastal defence scheme South Withernsea Coastal Defence Scheme Skipsea Lincolnshire Coastal Update

Mark Adams FCRM Senior Advisor, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire Area Donna Nook managed realignment • Monitoring underway – silt and water volumes building • Habitat change underway > saltmarsh • Marsh Lane (access) - diverted services limited but continuing

Lincolnshire Beach Management (2018-21) • 2020 (final) campaign delayed by COVID-19 • >400,000m3 sand re-nourishment placed • Social distancing working measures • Works inc. improvements to gravity outfalls • Defence residual asset life inspections Saltfleet to Gibraltar Point strategy • Strategy approved in December 2019 • 1st phase (2021-2024) – OBC to continue beach re-nourishment approved August 2020. • Longer term ambition developing in parallel - ‘Enhancing Lincolnshire Coast’ project • FBC (> £450M) with 20-30yr delivery 2030+ • Developing funding package, partners, supply- chain and community/amenity commitments • Transform asset management • Build resilience of coastal community SOUTH FERRIBY Flood Alleviation Scheme • Total £5.9m contributions reduce need for GiA - Inc 240,000 tonnes clay from CEMEX • Phase 1 completed Oct 2019 – realigned defence • Phase 2 west embankments – short delay (COVID-19) • Realigned passive defences around sluice and pub • Flood walls around sluices and outfalls nearing completion & A1077 flood gate underway • Completion expected by March 2021 • Settlement/compaction allowances ~800mm

 Images Copyright ©DCimaging Darren Casey Shoreline Management Plan Refresh

North East Coastal Group, 23 October 2020

Keith Nursey FCRM Coastal Advisor, Environment Agency DEFRA Policy Statement and FCERM Strategy SMP Refresh Phase 1

Two key outputs

• SMP-R Supplementary Guidance

• Health Checks Health Checks

1532 policy units around the English coastline

• All Policy Units screened against a series of checks

• For applicable checks, main implications assessed

• Appropriate next step(s) identified SMP Refresh Phase 2

• Business case Update report – received all approvals 

• Ministerial Briefing 

• Project Board (21 October 2020) 

• Distribution of Supplementary Guidance & Health Checks SMP Refresh Next Steps

Reinvigorate \ Reform \ Continue -

• Local SMP Management Groups

Digest contents (get Ph1 documents distributed!)

• Supplementary Guidance • Health Checks

Wider Engagement SMP Refresh Tasks ahead

Work Package 1 - ascribing policy ‘clarifiers’ to all Policy Units alongside short summary Policy Statement. Agreed at February TAG

Work Package 2 - improved planning interface

Work Package 3 - cross cutting work identified from the Health Checks SMP Refresh Tasks ahead

Work Package 4 - SMP Explorer

Work Package 5 - support to Habitat Compensation Programme SMP Explorer

• Digital Online Platform

• Pilot NW complete

• Next step – share \ review \ develop for the whole coast Any questions?

Keith Nursey FCRM Coastal Advisor, Environment Agency keith.nursey@environment–agency.gov.uk 07768 987818 1 2 - Spectacular natural environment – 95 miles of diverse coastline - Internationally important species and habitats - Iconic historical and cultural heritage alongside unique geology

- Really lucky in that we have a number of conservation organisations who are active up and down the coastline – RSPB, YWT, National Trust, MCS and Seasearch. - We also have a management partnership for the Flamborough Head European Marine Site, which has been actively working to conserve and protect the UK’s largest breeding seabird colony for over twenty years. - We have active engagement from communities who take part in beach cleans, bioblitzes and local festivals, all centred around caring for and appreciating our natural environment

- Unlike a lot of areas around the coast, we don’t have a coastal partnership to bring all of these elements together and encourage collaboration – we have been, for the most part, working on a site-by-site basis.

- Building on knowledge, expertise and networks of the Flamborough Head European Marine Site Management Scheme, we developed proposals for a regional partnership and successfully applied for funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to develop the Yorkshire Marine Nature Partnership.

3 There are a lot of areas along the Yorkshire coast which are protected for various reasons, from the UK’s largest mainland breeding seabird colony, to one of Europe’s fastest eroding coastlines, and important areas for whales, dolphins and porpoise. The non-designated areas are important too, with areas of extensive rocky shore, wide open beaches and rugged sea-cliffs.

The Development Project for the Yorkshire Marine Nature Partnership is concentrating on the open coast from roughly Spurn head in the south to Staithes in the north. To truly care for the coast as an ecosystem, though, we acknowledge there will be a need to look beyond these boundaries. We’ll be working with partners in the Humber Nature Partnership and the Tees Nature Partnership to do this, alongside other terrestrial and offshore partners.

4 5 - Through existing networks and the early development process, we have built up strong links with other partnerships and organisations – from government bodies, conservation groups, local authorities and volunteer community organisations. We also have links with universities, research groups, regional partnerships and are currently engaging with wider heritage organisations and neighbouring partnerships - Extensive network allows us to reach out to other stakeholders and offer our expertise, skills and contacts

6 - One of the things we’ve been able to do recently, is reach out to Shell, who are undertaking some gas exploration works along the Yorkshire coast, to make sure that they are consulting with the right people and have access to the correct information to inform proposals - Liaising with myself and the YMNP Steering Group, along with other specific organisations along the coast - If you need anymore information about this – please get in touch

7 - As part of the Development process, we have established a number of working groups. - Wanted to highlight two in particular with you, but if you have any questions/interest in the others, please get in touch

8 - Ecological obligations to water quality under the Water Framework Directive are different from the public-health related responsibilities for Bathing Water. However, there will be some crossover, so we are working with the Yorkshire Bathing Water Partnership to ensure that we don’t duplicate work and that resources are used efficiently. We are engaging similarly with Yorkshire’s existing CaBA Partnerships.

9 10 11 12 13 - Woodland in the UK removed 18.1 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2017, equating to a value of £1.2 billion; this is equivalent to 4% of total UK greenhouse gas emissions in 2017. - https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/environmentalaccounts/bulletins/woodlandnatura lcapitalaccountsuk/2020

14 - Kelp forest is well-known to be as biodiverse and ecologically important as rainforests – they provide food and shelter for a wide range of species, as well as playing a major part in coastal processes and carbon removal - We have significant amounts of kelp along the Yorkshire coast – particularly around Flamborough and Runswick Bay but we have no idea of the scale and value of ecosystem services it provides. Can’t use this information in decision-making to ensure that this important habitat is protected and valued appropriately

15 - Research in the Solent Estuary to quantify and value certain habitats – multi million £ valuations https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969720342108?dgcid= author - Thinking about the size and diversity of the Yorkshire coast, it is likely that our habitats provide similarly valuable services. Not to mention fisheries, tourism, heritage, recreation, wellbeing…the list goes on.

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