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Local sea level, water temps hit record highs, Scripps scientists say
Climatologists, oceanographers and meteorologists gathered at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla this month, just steps from…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #Atmosphericriver #climatechange #coastalerosion. #elnino #Flooding #Science #scrippsinstitution #sealevel #stormdamage
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/885676/
California's coastline is shifting as erosion and El Niño reshape many of our favorite beaches. #coastalerosion
Cocos (Keeling) Islands left behind as Australian government raises Pacific profile before COP31
Residents of Australia’s remotest territory say they feel forgotten by the government’s global climate change efforts ahead of…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #ChrisBowen #CHRMAP #climatechangepolitics #Coastalerosion #Cocos(Keeling)Islands #cocosislands #cop31 #indianoceanterritories #islandclimateimpacts #pilbaranews #pre-COP #wanews
https://www.europesays.com/australia/117972/
https://www.europesays.com/videos/104538/ The homeowners trying to buy themselves more time on our crumbling coast | ITV News Anglia (East) #Cambridgeshire #Chelmsford #CoastalErosion #essex #Ipswich #itv #ItvNews #ITVNewsInFull #Norfolk #Norwich #PoliceDrone #Suffolk #Thorpeness
Kelvin wave plus high tide plus El Nino can be bad news.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/28/california-kelvin-wave
#ELNino #ClimateChange #California #CAPol #CoastalErosion
From ABC News.com: 'Most stressful winter': El Nino-fueled coastal erosion in SoCal likely to get worse
FYI @ai6yr @uccawx @cookiesinheaven
https://abcnews.com/US/stressful-winter-el-nino-fueled-coastal-erosion-california/story?id=136537040
https://www.europesays.com/news/76491/ Gaping Hellmouth Opens Under Nicolas Cage’s Malibu Home #California #Celebrity #CoastalErosion #Headlines #malibu #misfortune #News #NicholasCage #NickCaveIn #RealEstate #TopStories
Gaping Hellmouth Opens Under Nicolas Cage’s Malibu Home
Razing California. Photo: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images This has to be some of the worst luck to ever come…
#NewsBeep #News #Topstories #California #Celebrity #coastalerosion #Headlines #malibu #misfortune #nicholascage #nickcave-in #Realestate #TopStories
https://www.newsbeep.com/725419/
IMD’s High Wave & Heavy Rain Alert for Kerala, TN Coasts; All Roads to Dhanushkodi Barricaded
IMD’s High Wave & Heavy Rain Alert for Kerala, TN Coasts; All Roads to Dhanushkodi Barricaded
UC Santa Cruz student dies after vehicle plunges off cliff into ocean
📰 Original title: 19-year-old UC Santa Cruz student ID'd as victim after car plunges off cliff into ocean
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/381737/ The Nigerian fishing community being eaten up by the Atlantic #AtlanticOcean #Ayetoro #CoastalErosion #community #Nigeria #OluwasegunBabatundeEsan #ThompsonAkingboye
How Britain’s mapmakers track climate change https://www.byteseu.com/2267945/ #AdaptingToClimateChange #AerialPhotograph #Britain #Climate #ClimateChange #CoastalErosion #EmergencyService #GlobalWarming #HelenJones #TomGray
Entrance North residents relieved after Land and Environment Court rules in favour of seawall
A court ruling could set a precedent for the construction of seawalls on New South Wales beaches. The…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #beach #centralcoast #Coastalerosion #court #erosion #northentrance #seawall
https://www.europesays.com/australia/59153/
Waiau River - photos of Whitebaiting and the river mouth in decades past, c1980s
Whitebaiting, Waiau River and Waiau Mouth. This is what the whitebaiting scene at the Waiau River looked like in 'the season', many years ago now. This series of images, recently donated to the Community Archive, were used to commemorate the new 2024 Whitebaiting season. The new 2025 season starts today on 1 September. We wish all whitebaiters on our river a safe, successful season, and encourage the environmental protection of these taonga, so future generations can also enjoy whitebaiting as we do.
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Photo 1 - whitebaiting on the Waiau River at the mouth, in days past
Photo 2 - some of the whitebaiting caravans parked up at Waiau River
Photos 3 - scenes of the Waiau River at the Waiau mouth in days past
Photographs by Ron McDowell & kindly donated to CWA. Licensed CC BY
WHITEBAIT:
The Department of Conservation or DOC, summarises what we know as 'Whitebait, as being, "the juveniles of six species of fish, five of which are migratory galaxiids: inanga, banded kōkopu, giant kōkopu, kōaro and shortjaw kōkopu. The sixth species is common smelt." Doc further inform us that the whitebait caught locally from the Waiau River, are predominantly inanga. These are "found in a wide variety of habitats, from tiny creeks, to coastal rivers, lowland streams, lakes and wetlands." Inanga are small and most only survive a year or so, reaching about 100mm in length – the longest one found on record, was 190 mm.
"Because they are poor climbers, inanga are usually found near the coast. Their silvery belly and somewhat forked tail make them easy to distinguish. Found in places as far flung as Chile, Australia and Argentina, inanga are the most widely distributed native freshwater fish in the world," records DOC. They are also Aotearoa New Zealand’s most commonly caught species of whitebait. But as well as this, their population is in decline. Almost all of the Whitebait species are either in decline or threatened, hence new restrictions on catching them. If we want future generations to be able to carry on our tradition of whitebaiting, we need to preserve this previous taonga/treasure.
Whitebaiting is a favourite cherished sport and time-honoured tradition in many parts of the country, and especially at the Waiau River Mouth. Local's have whitebaited here for generations, and can tell tales of times when the beach stretched all the way along Bluecliffs, with road access and parking. In recent times the Waiau Mouth has eroded into the sea, taking a lot of land with it, forever changing the landscape of the river mouth and whitebaiting.
But the landscape at the Waiau Mouth is not the only thing that has now changed. To help protect these taonga or treasured fish species and their habitats for the future, there is now a shorter season and more set rules. For 2024 on the Waiau River in Western Murihiku Southland, the season ran between September 1 & October 30, with whitebaiting only permitted on those days between 5am to 8pm, or 6am to 9pm during daylight savings. The 2025 season is also running from 1 Sept to 30 October.
Now, each person can only have one whitebait net operating at any given time, and this must be attended at all times. The mouth of the net is not allowed to be wider than 4.5 meters. Also, you cannot fish by structures like bridges, culverts, even river junctions. This is to protect these vulnerable fish stocks. If everyone follows the rules, we can all help maintain a healthy river ecosystem, and ensure that whitebait can continue to thrive for the future.
The new regulations which have recently been put into place, are being enforced in a joint effort between Police and DoC. All whitebaiters were notified and encouraged to educate themselves on the new rules and regulations ahead of the 2024 season. It was pleasing to read in a news article from this year, that a patrol of the Waiau River in an effort to ensure adherence to the new regulations, undertaken in late August 2024, there were no reported violations of early whitebaiting. However, there were some later violations of the rules which restricts nighttime whitebaiting.
WAIAU TRUST WHITEBAIT HABITAT:
This project has a focus on the creation of rearing habitats for whitebait, which in turn, helps a diverse range of wildlife which reside or migrate to this coastal environment. According to the Waiau Trust's website (see more in Place Notes), "Adult fish spawn in vegetation at the margins of tidal wetlands and streams, during spring tides in the months of February to April. The fertilised eggs...
Central and Western Murihiku Southland Archive via DigitalNZ
http://api.digitalnz.org/records/55974925/source
#Murihiku #Southland #Hunting #GreatOutdoors #WaiauRiverMouth #TeWaewaeBay #WildFoodGathering #SouthWestCoast #WaiauDistrict #WaiauRiver #Whitebaiting #Waiau #WaiauMouth #Fishing #Whitebait #Erosion #CoastalErosion #WhitebaitHabitat #Galaxiids #Inanga #WaiauTrust #SouthCoast
https://www.europesays.com/africa/329498/ Egypt built the Aswan High Dam to tame the Nile’s floods, but scientists now say the project starved the delta of fertile sediments and accelerated coastal erosion | World News #AgriculturalImpact #AswanHighDam #CoastalErosion #Ethiopia #NileRiver #SedimentFlow
How Louisiana Became A Key Battleground For Anti-Energy Activism https://www.byteseu.com/2188801/ #activism #BezosEarthFund #BloombergPhilanthropies #CoastalErosion #Energy #Louisiana #PelicanInstitute #RockefellerFamilyFund #SupremeCourt #texas
Florida International University: Researchers install 3D-printed seawall tiles to support coastal protection and marine life. “The system uses modular, interlocking tiles that can be attached to existing seawalls. Each tile is robotically printed and designed with grooves, ridges, crevices and small pools that create more complex surfaces for marine organisms to attach, shelter and grow.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/08/florida-international-university-researchers-install-3d-printed-seawall-tiles-to-support-coastal-protection-and-marine-life/
Coastal erosion emergency in #Lancelin WA - and locals are left to fundraise $150k for a seawall themselves!
The beach has lost 50m in just 15 months, with a hotel, pub & caravan park now at risk. Nearly $90k raised in 2 weeks by the community, but locals say the state govt is "missing in action".
A $150k state grant for sand renourishment last year washed away within 6 months. Now residents are begging for hard infrastructure before their town slips into the ocean.
WA Nationals leader Shane Love says it's "outrageous" locals have to self-fund. Meanwhile, minister Jessica Stojkovski warns seawalls could affect other coastal areas - but locals point to Perth's miles-long seawall as proof it works.
When does community fundraising become a national disgrace?
#Lancelin #WApolitics #ClimateCrisis #CoastalErosion #Seawall #PerthNews #ABCNews #WesternAustralia #CommunityAction #ClimateEmergency #ShireOfGingin #SaveLancelin
The Connexion: Web app lets French homeowners check effect of coastal erosion where they live. “The government has launched a new online tool allowing people with homes in coastal areas of France to see how coastal erosion is affecting their commune. Behind the initiative is the fact that around 20% of France’s coastline is already affected by coastal erosion, and that by 2050 approximately […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/04/the-connexion-web-app-lets-french-homeowners-check-effect-of-coastal-erosion-where-they-live/
Aussie pub owner’s $150,000 move to save tourist town as beachfront vanishes: ‘It’s ridiculous’
Fed-up residents living in a popular tourist town battling worsening erosion say they’re no longer waiting for government…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #Coastalerosion #Lancelin #LancelinSandsHotel
https://www.europesays.com/australia/41183/
https://www.europesays.com/africa/299247/ ‘The sea took everything away’: Nigeria’s ‘Happy City’ is being swallowed by the ocean #Ayetoro #CoastalErosion #HappyCity #Nigeria #RisingSeas #TheGuardian
Hidden Coastal Pools and Turquoise Waters of the Caspian Sea.
The Caspian Sea coastline is known for its dramatic limestone formations, rugged shores, and crystal-clear waters. Along the rocky coast, visitors can discover hidden bays and natural pools carved by wind and waves over many years. One of the most interesting features of this coastline is the presence of natural rock pools. These small basins collect seawater and create calm, transparent pools surrounded by limestone formations. The water often appears bright turquoise under sunny skies. […]
Towns along 400km of WA coastline battle extreme erosion from winter storms
Small business owner Glen Trebilcock has been forced to take matters into his own hands to stop his…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #beachwashedawayatlancelin #coastalerosion #environment #inundation #kingtide #lancelinerosion #lancelinpub #midwestnews #northamptonshire #Science #ShireofGingin #UK #UnitedKingdom #wanews
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/633820/
Mangrove Forests Fight Climate Change—But Climate Change Is Fighting Back
Mangrove forests have adapted over tens of millions of years to survive in harsh flooding from salty seas,…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #climatechange #coastalerosion. #Flooding #Floods #mangrove #mangroves #ocean #oceans #Science #Sealevelrise #sealevels
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/688723/
As Seas Rise, Louisiana Faces a Choice: Plan for Movement or Let Crisis Decide
The shoreline of Louisiana has never been still or fixed, though recent generations have treated it as such.…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #climatemigration #CoastalAdaptation #CoastalCities #coastalerosion. #coastalresilience #erosion #Flooding #Floods #Gulfcoast #hurricanes #Louisiana #Migration #Science #Sealevelrise #sealevels
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/675372/
ARCTIC HERITAGE ERODING UNDER WARMING SKIES
Arctic cultural heritage sites are eroding due to permafrost thaw and rising sea levels. Indigenous communities are losing ancestral lands. Learn more.
#ArcticHeritage, #ClimateChange, #PermafrostThaw, #IndigenousRights, #CoastalErosion
https://newsletter.tf/arctic-heritage-eroding-climate-change-permafrost-thaw/
Arctic heritage sites are disappearing faster than ever before. Permafrost thaw and coastal erosion are causing significant damage, impacting indigenous communities.
#ArcticHeritage, #ClimateChange, #PermafrostThaw, #IndigenousRights, #CoastalErosion
https://newsletter.tf/arctic-heritage-eroding-climate-change-permafrost-thaw/
ISLE DE JEAN CHARLES: A CLIMATE RELOCATION SHOWCASE SHOWS CRACKS
Residents moved from Isle de Jean Charles to New Isle face financial and cultural issues. Learn why some say "Don't do it."
#IsleDeJeanCharles, #ClimateRelocation, #Louisiana, #CoastalErosion, #NewIsle
https://newsletter.tf/isle-de-jean-charles-relocation-causes-problems/
Some former residents of Isle de Jean Charles are warning others not to move to the new "New Isle" site, saying it has caused financial and cultural problems.
#IsleDeJeanCharles, #ClimateRelocation, #Louisiana, #CoastalErosion, #NewIsle
https://newsletter.tf/isle-de-jean-charles-relocation-causes-problems/
Surfside residents fear homes could be lost to sea in next storm
Jason and Ange Ford have a view many people could only dream of, but looking out across the…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #AU #Australia #beachscraping #coastalerosion #EurobodallaOpenCoastalManagementPlan #eurobodallashirecouncil #sanddunes #Science #SurfsideBeach
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/671416/
Coastal council pushes for levy on fossil fuel giants to fund disaster recovery
A coastal council in Victoria’s south-east is calling for the federal government to make big polluters pay for…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #BassCoast #chrisbowen #climatechange #coastalerosion. #disasterrecoveryfunding #federalgovernment #fossilfuels #fossilfuelstax #Gippsland #Inverloch #Science
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/622382/
‘Vulnerable and extremely precious’: Italy ramps up coastal protection as erosion worsens
Italy has more than 8,000 kilometres of coastline, ranging from long sweeps of sandy beach to striking rock…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #Beach #climatechange #coastalerosion. #Coastalmanagement #italy #Science #Sealevelrise
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/568560/
Sea the ‘greatest risk and biggest asset’ for beachside residents on Victoria’s Bellarine and Barwon coasts
When an overnight storm blows in and there is a high tide, Vicki Perrett lies awake wondering how…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #AU #Australia #bellarinecoast #bellarinepeninsula #Climatechange #coastalerosion #flooddamage #OceanGrove #Science
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/564434/
Accelerated Coastal Erosion Prompts Concerns About Long-Term Protection for Sizewell C Nuclear Plant
📰 Original title: Coastal erosion raises questions over protection for £40bn Sizewell C nuclear plant
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A Unique Snapshot in Time Revealed on a Scottish Beach
❄️ Erosion, investigations, and a stage full of chocolate. What’s happening in Alaska today? Find out 💡: https://tinyurl.com/2bhswtt3 #AlaskaLife #FBI #WillyWonka #Alaska #AlaskaHeadlineLiving #EPA ##LeeZeldin #Trump #ClimateChange #Environment #CoastalErosion #Politics #Land #hololulupass #NancyGuthrie
The Arctic Coastal Erosion Model - Overview, Developments, and Calibration at Drew Point, Alaska
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https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.174086594.45589925/v1 <-- shared paper
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#Alaska #permafrost #coastalerosion #Arctic #permafrost #modeling #climateresilience #coast #coastal #erosion #sloughing #coastline #polaramplification #climatechange #ArcticCoastalErosion #ACE #model #modeling #oceanographic #atmospheric #oceanic #finiteelement #thermoabrasion #storm #stormsurge #fieldwork #calibration #geomechanics #sediments #geochemistry
#SandiaNationalLaboratories #USGS
Building Natural Seawalls To Fight Off The Rising Tide
Australia’s beaches are not just postcard scenery. They are living ecosystems, natural storm barriers and places of deep cultural and community value. As climate change accelerates sea level rise and extreme weather, coastal erosion is becoming impossible to ignore. This is not a distant future problem. It is happening now, reshaping shorelines and putting homes, wildlife and public access at risk.
The answer is not endless seawalls and short term fixes that push the problem further down the coast. We need smarter planning, protection of dunes and wetlands, and a serious commitment to working with nature rather than against it. Saving our beaches means stronger climate action, better coastal policy and leadership that values long term resilience over quick political wins.
#climateaction #protectourcoasts #coastalerosion #biodiversity #climateadaptation #naturebasedsolutions #sustainability
Dân tự bỏ tiền dựng bờ kè để bảo vệ đất canh tác và nhà cửa ven biển, nhưng cơn sóng dữ liên tiếp ập vào đã phá tan hoang công trình. Sau khi bờ kè bị cuốn sập, người dân nay sống trong cảnh lo lắng, nơm nớp sợ sóng tiếp tục tấn công, đe dọa an toàn tính mạng và tài sản. #BờKè #BienDoiKhíHậu #SongDữ #AnToanVenBien #ClimateChange #CoastalErosion #Vietnam
https://vtcnews.vn/dan-bo-tien-dung-bo-ke-giu-dat-song-du-cuon-trao-pha-tan-hoang-ar993335.html
Sóng lớn liên tục tấn công bờ biển Đà Nẵng khiến hàng trăm mét bãi biển bị xói lở nghiêm trọng, nhiều cây phi lao bị bật gốc, đe dọa trực tiếp đến nhà dân và các công trình du lịch ven biển. Tình trạng này đang đặt ra yêu cầu cấp bách về giải pháp bảo vệ bờ biển.
#DaNang #BaoHoBien #XiLoBaoBien #BienDoiKhiHau #CoastalErosion #ClimateChange #Vietnam #ThoiSu #News
@NormanDunbar There's a bit less to them than there was in the nineties when I lived in Cullen. #CoastalErosion
Bờ biển Cửa Lở (Đà Nẵng) đang bị sạt lở nghiêm trọng do sóng lớn. Hơn 2km bờ biển đã bị sóng đánh tan hoang, cuốn trôi nhiều tài sản của người dân địa phương.
#ĐàNẵng #SạtLởBờBiển #XâmThựcBiển #SóngLớn #TinTuc
#DaNang #CoastalErosion #Vietnam #Weather #BigWaves
https://vtcnews.vn/can-canh-bo-bien-cua-lo-bi-song-nuot-chung-ar971997.html
Difficult decisions are going to have to made and there needs to be more of a national conversation I agree.
At the moment we’re framing it around holiday homes, caravans and in this recent case in #Happisburgh - graves of the dead:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8e43kxe68po.amp
These things are nice to preserve, but not vital. The risk will soon be to whole communities.
Bài học từ bão quật sập hàng chục villa ở Hà Tĩnh: Xây nhà ven biển tiềm ẩn rủi ro lớn do nền địa chất yếu (đất pha cát, ngập mặn). Thiếu khảo sát kỹ, gia cố móng không đủ chắc sẽ dễ sụp đổ khi bão lũ.
#XayDung #BaoLut #HaTinh
#Construction #CoastalErosion #StormDamage
New game for UK youngsters... wonder if it mentions #FossilFuels or #mitigation? #Minecraft #Bude #coastalerosion #climatebreakdown #adaptation
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/coastcraft-to-inspire-next-generation-of-environmental-champions-to-fight-virtual-coastal-erosion
Ireland's east coast railway line from Dublin to Wicklow is in trouble. #ClimateChange has accelerated #coastalErosion, requiring protective works which will impede the glorious sea views.
The northern part of the route, from #Dublin to #DunLaoghaire, is one of the oldest in the world. The Dublin and Kingstown Railway opened in 1834, only 4 years after the pioneering Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The line continued to Dalkey in the 1840s, and to Wicklow in 1854. >>
https://www.rte.ie/news/leinster/2025/0915/1533439-east-coast-railway-line/
Rocks in the Misty Surf of West Cork
The restless Atlantic waves become ghostly veils of white mist caressing the rocks on Owenahincha Beach, Co Cork.
Henry shared a photo of this same rock yesterday. There are lovely swirls of water in his photo.
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#2025 #AtlanticCoast #beachStones #BlarneyPhotographyClub #coastalErosion #contemplativePhotography #Cork #CountyCork #Ireland #IrishBeaches #LongExposure #mistyWater #overcastSky #OwenahinchaBeach #Photo #Photography #seascapePhotography #smoothWaterEffect #SonyA7RV #weatheredRocks #WestCork
Baa Atoll, the Maldives
#ClimateChange #CoastalErosion #Land #MarineEnvironment
▶️ 1 new picture from Copernicus https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baa_Atoll%2C_the_Maldives_%28Copernicus_2025-06-01%29.png
#nswweather Huge swells and a powerful king tide have battered Sydney beaches, forcing Botany Bay residents to evacuate overnight as homes were inundated. A warning is in place for hazardous surf and coastal erosion from the Illawarra to the Hunter. Stay safe!
#sydney #kingtide #storms #coastalerosion #hazardoussurf #news #australia #weatherwarning
Flooding and coastal erosion will have to be considered for any future Welsh developments
Future developments in Wales will have to take into account future flooding and coastal erosion risk caused by climate change the Welsh Government has confirmed
In a UK first, developers will have to work with flood risk and coastal erosion maps that have been made available today that not only show current risk levels, but also the risk posed by climate change.
The new planning policy advice known as Technical Advice Note 15, or TAN 15 for short, will inform future local development plans and decisions on planning applications in areas at risk of flooding and coastal erosion.
It will be used by the Welsh Government, local planning authorities and developers to direct development away from areas at risk of flooding and coastal erosion.
Climate Change Minister Julie James said: “Flood risk and coastal erosion in Wales is increasing as a result of climate change.
“Serious flooding events are becoming more frequent and some areas currently at little risk will become vulnerable to flooding as our climate continues to change.
“As the National Strategy for Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management in Wales recognises, the planning system can help communities be more resilient to the effects of climate change by locating development in areas away from risk of flooding.
“Improved knowledge of the places which will be at risk in the future can help keep people safe, by preventing the damage and disruption to homes, workplaces and infrastructure that flooding can cause.”
Flooding in Skewen in January 2021TAN 15 is clear that new developments of homes, the emergency services, schools and hospitals, must not be located in areas of high flood risk without strong flood defences.
If a local planning authority is minded to approve any scheme against this advice, Welsh Ministers will be notified and able to decide the application directly.
The Flood Map for Planning identifies four types of flood zone, with each zone having particular advice in TAN 15 for proposed developments.
The flood zones are based on current risk levels with the addition of allowances for climate change. They therefore include areas considered likely to be at risk of flooding in the future, enabling planning decisions to take direct account of the expected impact of climate change on flood risk.
The Flood Map for Planning is published by Natural Resources Wales, and will be updated in May and November every year, to reflect the latest modelling and data on flood risks.
For all development in areas of low risk and areas protected by strong flood defences, and for less vulnerable developments in areas at high risk of flooding, securing planning permission will be dependent on passing the acceptability tests in TAN15.
These tests include providing justification for the location in a flood risk area, being on brownfield land and being resilient in the event of a flood.
The new TAN 15 and Flood Map for Planning have been made available today to allow planning authorities and developers to prepare for them coming into force on Wednesday, December 1.
From that date, all planning applications awaiting a decision, and all new planning applications, will be assessed against the new advice and map.
Any Local Development Plan under review and yet to reach the formal examination stage must also use the new TAN 15 and Flood Map for Planning after 1 December.
(Lead image: Natural Resources Wales / Welsh Government / Crown Copyright)
#coastalErosion #development #Environment #floodMap #flooding #NaturalResourcesWales #planning