Decision details

Shoreline Management Plans

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Decision made

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

Shoreline Management Plans set out to produce sustainable policies for the coastal defence of our shorelines taking into account natural coastal processes and issues relating to the environment and human needs. This report seeks Cabinet's approval to Medway's Shoreline Mangement Plan.

Decision:

92/2008 The Cabinet agreed that the Isle of Grain to South Foreland and Medway and Swale Estuaries Shoreline Management Plans be adopted in accordance with Government guidance pending their approval by the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Reasons for the decision:

Endorsement of the Shoreline Management Plans will assist with the long term planning of the coastal fringe in Medway and inform future plans and strategies of the council and its partners.

Publication date: 01/04/2008

Date of decision: 01/04/2008

Decided at meeting: 01/04/2008 - Cabinet

Effective from: 10/04/2008

Accompanying Documents: