Final Report to DEFRA - Jurassic Coast

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• Aim 1: Coastal communities who are well informed about coastal change. • Aim 2: Coastal communities who are well equipped to debate coastal change. • Aim 3: Coastal communities who can play a meaningful role in decisions about coastal change. • Aim 4: Coastal communities who are more resilient and well-prepared to deal with coastal emergencies as well as long-term change. • Aim 5: Coastal communities who are supported in the testing and acceptance of practical action to adapt to coastal change. • Aim 6: Future generations of coastal communities who are aware of the changes they face in the long-term and better prepared to deal with them. • Aim 7: A spatial planning system which is well-equipped to reconcile the potential conflicts between a sustainable approach to coastal change on the one hand, and onshore/offshore development pressures on the other. The extent to which these aims were met is summarised in section 3.5. The extent to which individual workstreams contributed to the delivery of each aim is addressed in the appendices which relate to each workstream (Appendix 1). 1.4 Project governance The Project Steering Group A Steering Group was established at the outset of the project with representatives from local authorities, statutory agencies, parish/town councils, community groups, non-government organisations and residents invited. A full list of the Steering Group membership is included at Table 1. The Steering Group was asked to endorse a proposed governance structure for the project, and the following Terms of Reference, at its first meeting: TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR JURASSIC COAST PATHFINDER STEERING GROUP – discussed and agreed by Steering Group January 2010 • To advise the project executive on the direction of the project and individual work streams within it. • To bring together the full range of stakeholders in the project at strategic level and co-ordinate the activities of all partners in the project. • To provide a forum for the exchange of information and learning about coastal change. • To discuss and develop sustainable solutions to the issues raised by coastal change. The role of members of the Steering Group is to: • Accurately and effectively represent the views of their organisation or community. • Raise awareness of the project and provide feedback to the organisation or community which they represent. 8
• Bring their wider expertise and experience to the Steering Group and not just the perspective of the organisation or community they represent. • Contribute to the development, delivery and evaluation of individual activities within the project as appropriate. In accepting the invitation to join the Steering Group, partners are asked to make a commitment to: • Approach the issues with an open mind and a willingness to consider a range of alternative approaches to the issues raised by coastal change. • Listen respectfully to the views of others even where they may disagree. • Seek consensus with other partners on the way forward wherever possible. • Champion the project’s aims wherever they feel able to do so. Table 1: Membership of the Jurassic Coast Pathfinder Steering Group Jan 2010 Partner organisation Charmouth Parish Council Chideock Parish Council Devon County Council Devon County Council Devon Maritime Forum Dorset AONB Partnership Dorset Coast Forum Dorset County Council East Devon District Council English Heritage Chair of Steering Group Environment Agency Jurassic Coast Trust Jurassic Coast World Heritage Team National Trust Natural England Osmington Parish Council Owermoigne Parish Council Purbeck District Council Ringstead Society RSPB Sidmouth Town Council Sidmouth Vision Swanage Chamber of Trade Swanage Town Council West Dorset District Council West Dorset District Council Weymouth & Portland Borough Weymouth & Portland Borough Lead contact Cllr Mallory Hayter (Chairman) Cllr Kate Geraghty (Chairman) Aidan Winder (Coastal Policy Manager) Cllr Stuart Hughes (Cabinet Member for Highways & Transportation) Jim Masters (Co-ordinator) Tom Munro (Dorset AONB Team Manager) Ken Buchan (Secretary) Peter Moore (Env Policy Group Manager) Mark Reilly (Head of Streetscene Services) Veryan Heal (Team Leader) Cllr Hilary Cox (Environment portfolio, DCC) – later replaced by Cllr Robert Gould Neil Watson (Coastal Engineer) Malcolm Turnbull (Trustee) Richard Edmonds (Earth Sciences Manager) Tony Flux (Dorset Coastal Zone Projects) Rachel Waldock (Maritime Advisor) Cllr Mike Hart (Chairman) Chairman Mike Goater (District Engineer) John Young (Chairman) Renny Henderson (Conservation Officer) Cllr Simon Pollentine (Chairman of Tourism) Jo Frith Secretary Alan Leeson (Town Clerk) Phil Perkins (Coastal Engineer) – later replaced by Ben Murray Cllr Teresa Seall (Owermoigne ward) Robert George (Coastal Engineer) Kate Evans (Senior Planning Policy Officer) The proposed governance arrangements discussed and agreed by the Steering Group are summarised in figure 1. As the project took shape, it became clear that the ‘Pathfinder Forums’ proposed for the six case study sites, and the attendees being 9
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