Comment

Representation ID: 90

Received: 04/06/2009

Respondent: Environment Agency

Some of these design features should be lifted out into the Appendix checklist.
Flood Risk and Southend City Beach Proposals: We made some specific comments on the Southend Renaissance Southend City Beach Stage 2 report, that may be relevant to this section. We welcome the Remodelled Sea Wall improvement works described in the Report and are encouraged and pleased to see that provision has been made for Climate change. It is clear that the Design Report recognises the issue of Flood Risk. Any new design should recognise the climate change criteria shown in Table B.2 of Planning Policy Statement 25 (PPS 25). We welcome the aspiration to set back the defence wall and open up the beach and seafront further. We wish to make you aware of the Environment Agency's Encroachment Policy which could be important if the preferred design relies on constructing a new tidal defence into the beach area, ahead of the existing defence line. We are generally opposed to any encroachment into the estuary.