Welcome to the Shanklin Coastal Defence Scheme Information Page.
Survey closes on the 1st December 2023
We are now inviting the community to give us their feedback on the short list of options.
There is one week left to complete our coastal defence survey for Shanklin seafront.
Your feedback will help us to determine a preferred option for the sea defences.
Please complete our survey by 1 December 2023. The survey can be found online here. Paper copies are aslo available from Sandown Library, Shanklin Library and the Help Desk at Isle of Wight Council, County Hall, High Street, Newport, PO30 1UD.
Although the public exhibitions are over you can still view all of the material on our consultation page here.
Previous updates:
The last day of our public exhibition is today, 10 November. The Coastal Defence team will be at The Clifton Hotel, 1 Queens Road, Shanklin PO37 6AN between 10:00 AM and 3:00 PM taday. You will have the opportunity to find out about the sea defences and the options for refurbishment before completing our survey.
Your feedback will help us to determine a preferred option for the sea defences.
Please complete our survey by 1 December 2023. The survey can be found online here. Paper copies are aslo available from Sandown Library, Shanklin Library and the Help Desk at Isle of Wight Council, County Hall, High Street, Newport, PO30 1UD.
If you can not make the exhibition you can find all of the material on our consultation page here.
The public exhibitions for our Shanklin and Yaverland Coastal Defence scheme are going ahead as planned this week.
October public exhibition drop in events cancelled due to flooding impacts
Due to the impact of heavy rainfall and flooding across the Isle of Wight we have made the difficult decision to cancel the public exhibition drop in events at Wildheart Animal Sanctuary and the Broadway Centre for the Yaverland and Shanklin Coastal Defence Schemes which were due to take place this week.
Our staff are currently prioritising our incident response work. The health, safety and wellbeing of our staff and members of the public is a priority. We expect to go ahead with the rest of our schedule of events as planned in November. We are checking venue availability and will update this page with a revised date for the Yaverland and Sandown exhibitions.
The consultation is still live. You can view our exhibition material online in the meantime. Head over to our consultation page here.
A copy of the poster can be downloaded here.
Our latest newsletter can be viewed here:
The newsletter can be downloaded here.
To help us assess the possible options for sea wall and groyne refurbishment, we needed to deepen our understanding of the ground conditions and underground structures, including the foundations of the existing sea defences. To do this, in January 2023 we undertook a series of below ground explorations ranging from the digging of excavation pits to the use of drilling rigs for taking boreholes. We are currently analysing the findings of this work. Further details can be found here
We sought views on how the coastal frontage along Shanklin Esplanade is used, what is most valued about it, and the perceptions amongst stakeholders of flood and coastal erosion risks both now and in the future. This will help to inform how we engage with stakeholders going forward, and capture any concerns, ideas and opportunities in the shortlist of options that we present to the public in Summer 2023.
We received 44 responses in total. 31 responses were made via the Shanklin Coastal Defence Scheme Citizen Space webpage; the remaining 13 were made via hard copy versions held at Shanklin Library.
The information obtained from the Shanklin Coastal Defence Scheme public realm questionnaire will be used to support the confirmation of a short list of options that could be used to reduce the risk of coastal erosion to the sea wall in Shanklin. These will be presented to the public in June/July 2023, when individuals, businesses, community groups and organisations will be invited to offer their views on the options. We will also be using the responses to plan the format, content and timing of our future engagement and communication activities.
Individuals who wish to follow up their responses, or points made within this document, in more detail are welcome to contact us at IOWFD_schemes@environment-agency.gov.uk.
A copy of the response summary can be found here
Background
The Environment Agency in partnership with the Isle of Wight Council, with expert support from JBA Consulting and VolkerStevin, are exploring a sustainable future for the coastal frontage at Shanklin Esplanade, located on the eastern coast of the Isle of Wight.
The Shanklin frontage is identified as defence unit IW27 in the 2010 Isle of Wight Shoreline Management Plan 2 (SMP2). The policy for this unit is hold the line.
The scheme will cover approximately 900 metres of coastal frontage from the large concrete Hope Groyne at the northern end of the Shanklin Esplanade to Shanklin Chine wooded coastal ravine and nature reserve in the south. Area denoted by red line in Figure 1 below.
Figure 1
The Shanklin project aims to investigate how best to respond to the challenges facing the Shanklin Esplanade coastal frontage, thereby protecting the community and preserving the area’s tourism and heritage value. Options being considered involve capital works, which may include refurbishment and repair of the existing defences. Additionally, the project will explore longer term flood and erosion management solutions which protect and enhance the seafront for future generations and provide a platform for regeneration.
On behalf of the UK government, the Environment Agency prioritise and allocate funding to flood and coastal erosion risk management schemes using a partnership funding approach. Securing national funding is dependent on the scale of benefits and outcomes delivered by a scheme and, if required, additional funding contributions may be required from other sources such as local levy (raised by the Regional Flood and Coastal Committees), private or public organisations, the local community or developers. Anyone who benefits from a scheme may be asked to contribute towards its funding. The Isle of Wight Council is also making a funding contribution towards the current schemes.
More information on how partnership funding works can be found here
Current estimates suggest the Shanklin scheme would be eligible for £2.6 million of government Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Grant in Aid funding. Early, high level estimates indicate the cost of a refurbishment scheme would be in excess of this, and that several million pounds would need to be found, or savings made, to enable the project to proceed. Actual partnership funding requirements are very much dependent upon further investigation to confirm the required costs but the Environment Agency is already considering other potential sources of funding to supplement available government funding.
Frequently asked questions can be viewed here.
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Please contact us:
By email: IOW_FDschemes@environment-agency.gov.uk
By post: Environment Agency, Romsey Office, Canal Walk, Romsey, SO51 8DU
By phone: 03708 506 506
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We are delighted that Dinosaur Isle Museum have invited us to Blast from the past 2023. The event is for local people to find out about the Island’s heritage. Visitors are being asked to make a token charge of £1/ visitor. This is another opportunity to view our exhibition before the consultation window closes.
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