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Dear Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council ("the Council"),

It is widely accepted, by internationally reputable organisations, investigating Climate Change, that, if global temperatures continue to raise at the current rate, projections show that sea levels worldwide will rise NINE FEET by 2050.

1. Given that this is the prediction, what is Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council doing to make sure that further construction within Wirral Metropolitan Borough does not take place within NINE FEET of the current HIGH TIDE LINE?

There is currently a planning application for the demolition of 22 retirement flats at Ashton Court, Ashton Drive, West Kirby, and the construction of 14 houses.

2. Given that the sea level is anticipated to rise by NINE FEET, what measures is Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council proposing to stop the flooding of the ground floors of the 14 proposed houses?

Yours faithfully,

Alan Rundle

Derick Barnes left an annotation ()

This is a crucial issue Wirral Metropolitan B Council continually refuse to take seriously . Another case in point is Mr Phil Davies leader of the council spearheading the push for massive development on Greenbelt land where part is a flood plain, re Birket Valley floodplain. This area under threat of development , enjoys amazing variety of wildlife and habitats and have done so for hundreds of years.

InfoMgr, FinDMT, Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council

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Dear Mr Rundle

 

Further to your recent Freedom of Information request, please see the
Council’s response.

 

Wirral Council takes a hierarchical approach to Flood and Coastal Erosion
Risk Management - which is the same approach adopted by all local
authorities in England and Wales.

 

Coastal Defence Policy is determined through the Shoreline Management Plan
which sets out how flood and erosion risk will be managed in the short
(0-20 years), medium (20-50 years) and long term (50-100 years) following
a high level assessment of coastal processes (taking into account climate
change) and applying these against the economic, environmental and social
requirements for managing defences. Policies are set for the coast which
can be :

Hold The Line

Managed Realignment

No Active Intervention

Advance The Line

 

For Wirral, ‘Hold The Line’ policies are applied at most locations for
most epochs, which means that flood and erosion risk will be managed by
continual maintenance and improvements to defences (if funds allow) over
the life of the plan. More information can be found at
[1]www.mycoastline.org.uk using the “SMP Documents on LiveDrive” link
towards the bottom of the home page.

 

For West Kirby the Coastal Defence Policy over the next 100 years is ‘Hold
The Line’.

 

The next stage in the hierarchical approach is through the use of
Strategies which at the coast undertake more detailed economic,
environmental and social assessments of how and when Shoreline Management
Policy can be implemented. Strategies take account of current predictions
relating to climate change.

 

Strategies identify an Action Plan of where works are likely to be
required in the Short Term (within the next 20 years) and then this Action
Plan is taken forward onto the 6 Year Investment Programme for Flood and
Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM) Grant Aid which is administered by
the Environment Agency on behalf of Defra. This process helps the Treasury
to anticipate future spending for FCERM and allows it to set priorities
for that funding.

 

For West Kirby the Strategy identified the provision of new secondary
flood defence measures within the 25 years, however it also identified the
acceleration of the timings of these works would be beneficial in
minimising damages associated with flooding that would occur in the
interim.

 

In order to successfully bid and receive FCERM grant schemes must then
provide a robust business case for investment. For West Kirby that
business case has now been completed and is currently lodged with the
Environment Agency for approval.

 

Information about the Wirral Coastal Strategy and the West Kirby Flood
Alleviation scheme can be found at :

 

[2]http://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/ieDecisio...

 

[3]https://www.wirral.gov.uk/environmental-...

 

I trust this information is of interest to you.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Lynette Paterson

Senior Information Management Officer

Records and Information Management

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Wallasey Town Hall

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Wallasey
Wirral
CH44 8ED 

[4]Tel: 0151 691 8201

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