Essex and South Suffolk Shoreline Management Plan

The Essex and South Suffolk Shoreline Management Plan (SMP) covers approximately 440km of coast from Landguard Point in Felixstowe to Two Tree Island in the Thames Estuary. It will determine the best ways to look after this part of the coast in a sustainable way for the next 100 years.

Consultation on the draft plan was carried out by the Environment Agency, in partnership with the organisations and councils covered by the plan, between 15 March and 28 June 2010.

Althought the consultation period has now closed you can still view the draft consultation documents (new window) on the Environment Agency website.

SMP approved by Suffolk Coastal's Cabinet

Suffolk Coastal's Cabinet met on Tuesday, 4 January 2011 and gave its approval to the SMP. The documents that were considered are listed below:

• Suffolk Coastal's response to the SMP consultation (new window PDF 21KB)

The Essex and South Suffolk Shoreline Management Plan - this large document has been broken down into its individual sections:

• Contents (new window PDF 218KB)
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• Introduction (new window PDF 803KB)
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• Basis (new window PDF 1.9MB)
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• General description (new window PDF 57KB)
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• Policy statement (new window 39KB)

Policy statements for:

• Stour and Orwell Estuaries (new window PDF 5.15MB)
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• Hamford Water (new window PDF 2MB)
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• Tendring Peninsula (new window PDF 2.5MB)
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• Colne Estuary (new window PDF 2.9MB)
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• Mersea Island (new window PDF 2.9MB)
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• Blackwater Estuary (new window PDF 3MB)
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• Dengie Peninsula (new window PDF 2.2MB)
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• Crouch and Roach Estuaries (new window PDF 3MB)
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• Foulness, Potton and Rushley Islands (new window PDF 2.9MB)
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• Southend on Sea (new window PDF 2.9MB)

Each of the above documents all repeat the four page policy statement to make it easier to understand what is being proposed.

• Action plan (new window PDF 106KB)

There are 14 appendices to the Essex and South Suffolk Shoreline Management Plan (SMP):

• Appendix A SMP development (new window PDF 572KB)
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• Appendix B stakeholder involvement (new window PDF 5MB)
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• Appendix C baseline information (new window PDF 1.5MB)
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• Appendix D thematic review (new window PDF 2MB)
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• Appendix E policy development and appraisal (new window PDF 515KB)
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• Appendix F shoreline interactions and responses (new window PDF 10.5MB)
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• Appendix G policy appraisal (new window PDF 834KB)
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• Appendix H economics (new window PDF 391KB)
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• Appendix I metadatabase and bibliographic database (new window PDF 126KB)
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• Appendix J sustainability appraisal signposting (new window PDF 59KB)
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• Appendix K water framework directive compliance assessment (new window PDF 2MB)
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• Appendix L strategic environmental assessment (new window PDF 19MB)
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• Appendix M appropriate assessment - part one (new window PDF 1.9MB) - tables (new window PDF 86KB)