Location reference:
Overstrand to Mundesley
Policy Unit reference:
6.07
SUMMARY OF PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS AND JUSTIFICATION
Plan:
This frontage provides the largest source of sediment for maintaining beaches along much of the SMP
frontage. This is a critical supply, without which erosion elsewhere may be accelerated, leading to
more rapid loss of property. Therefore maintaining this sediment input is a key aim for the region as a
whole and the proposed long-term Plan is to allow natural functioning of the coast through allowing it
to retreat. Although there are socio-economic implications, such as residential and commercial
properties at risk from erosion at Trimingham and along the coastal strip to the south, these are not
sufficient to economically-justify building new defences along this frontage.
Policies to implement Plan:
From present day:
The new policy option for the majority of this length of coast is to no longer
maintain existing timber groynes and revetments and to allow coastal retreat,
but to do this via managed realignment policy to allow for ruined defences to be
safely removed. Where they exist, these defences generally have a life of
between 5 and 10 years, so during this period they will still have an effect on
slowing natural erosion.
This policy option will increase the volume of sediment provided to build
beaches throughout the SMP area, maintain the geological exposures of the
cliffs and foreshore. There will, however, be loss of residential properties and
associated infrastructure at Trimingham, where the policy was previously to
hold the line. If it is physically possible, and funding is available the line will
continue to be held in the short term. Measures will need to be identified in the
short term to help minimise the impact on the lives of individuals and
communities in the medium and long term, for areas where the policy option
has changed from hold the line to no active intervention, in particular for the
community of Trimingham. Where it can be justified economically, minor works
(for example local placement of areas of rock etc) may be undertaken at
selected areas to slow the rate of cliff erosion, but not with a view to protecting
the coast into the medium or long term. As and when a suitable package of
social, economic and planning measures is identified, maintenance and minor
repair of defences will cease, and the coastline will be allowed to continue its
natural regression.
Medium-term:
Once defences fail, in the medium-term the policy option is no active
intervention. Despite properties at Trimingham and Sidestrand being affected,
as well as caravan parks to the south, there is not expected to be economic
justification for significant investment in defences along this frontage. This
policy option is also required to ensure a sediment supply to this and downdrift
frontages.
Long-term:
In the long-term, the policy option is for no active intervention to ensure a
The above provides the local details in respect of the SMP-wide Plan; therefore the above must be read in the context of the
wider-scale issues and policy implications, as presented in the preceding sections and Appendices to this Plan document.
sediment supply to this and downdrift frontages, where the material from cliff
erosion is necessary to allow beaches to build. There will, however, be
continued loss of cliff-top properties and associated facilities.
The above provides the local details in respect of the SMP-wide Plan; therefore the above must be read in the context of the
wider-scale issues and policy implications, as presented in the preceding sections and Appendices to this Plan document.
The above provides the local details in respect of the SMP-wide Plan; therefore the above must be read in the context of the
wider-scale issues and policy implications, as presented in the preceding sections and Appendices to this Plan document.
The above provides the local details in respect of the SMP-wide Plan; therefore the above must be read in the context of the
wider-scale issues and policy implications, as presented in the preceding sections and Appendices to this Plan document.
The above provides the local details in respect of the SMP-wide Plan; therefore the above must be read in the context of the
wider-scale issues and policy implications, as presented in the preceding sections and Appendices to this Plan document.
Location reference:
Overstrand to Mundesley
Policy Unit reference:
6.07
PREDICTED IMPLICATIONS OF THE PLAN FOR THIS LOCATION
Time
Period
By 2025
Property & Land Use
Loss of less than 10 residential
and commercial properties.
Loss of local roads.
Loss of Grade 3 agricultural land.
By 2055
Nature Conservation
Naturally-functioning coast.
Cliffs allowed to evolve naturally,
with continued exposure of
geological SSSI.
Loss of caravan park land.
Possible loss of cliff top habitats
– requires management.
Cumulative loss of between 10
and 30 properties (commercial
and residential) in Trimingham
and Sidestrand.
Naturally-functioning coast.
Loss of section of main coast
road linking Trimingham to
adjacent towns and villages.
Cliffs, designated as SSSI,
allowed to evolve naturally.
Landscape
Historic Environment
AONB landscape quality
maintained.
No heritage objectives identified.
AONB landscape quality
maintained.
No heritage objectives identified.
AONB landscape quality
maintained.
Trimingham church lost.
Amenity & Recreational
Use
No loss of community facilities.
Beach present.
No loss of community facilities.
Beach present but current access
at Vale Road lost.
Possible loss of cliff top habitats
– requires management.
Further loss of Grade 3
agricultural land.
Loss of caravan parks.
By 2105
Cumulative loss of between circa
30 and 90 residential properties
and circa 10 to 15 commercial
properties.
Potential loss of MOD facility (but
could be relocated)
Further loss of main road linking
Trimingham to adjacent towns
and villages.
Total loss of up to approximately
85 hectares of Grade 3
agricultural land.
Loss of caravan parks.
Naturally-functioning coast.
Cliffs, designated as SSSI,
allowed to evolve naturally.
Possible loss of cliff top habitats
– requires management.
Loss of Trimingham Church.
Beach present but current access
at Vale Road lost.