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Response by Regional Director of Natural England to questions from the Association

ALDE AND ORE ASSOCIATION RESPONSE TO DRAFT PROPOSALS IN SHORLINE MANAGEMENT PLAN (SMP2) SUB-CELL 3c:
Thorpeness to Shingle Street. To download the full response click here

The Alde and Ore Association seeks to preserve for the public benefit the Alde and Ore Estuary, the coast from Thorpeness to Shingle Street and the surrounding land area.
Strategic Environmental Assessment Scoping Report: As part of the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the developing strategy, the EA have produced a SEA Scoping Report which is a record of the baseline data available and confirms the approach for the forthcoming SEA Environmental Report. For more click here

Shoreline Management Plan; Sub-Cell 3C Summary Policy Documents
The draft policy summaries comprise a map and the draft polices for specific lengths of coastline. There is also one summary document which contains all the draft policies for the Suffolk coastline.

There will be a 3-month public consultation period, including exhibitions, in the summer of 2009, which will provide an opportunity for all to comment on the draft policies.
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Update on Global Coastal Defence and the Historic Environment -
English Heritage provides advice on the implications of coastal and flood defence for the historic environment to those involved in coastal planning and coastal defence and to local authority historic environment officers;
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Framework for the Future - Alde & Ore Association
The Government is currently addressing policies for the future management of coastal areas including the three Suffolk Estuaries, The Blyth, The Alde and Ore and The Deben. If the proposals originally published for the Blyth Estuary were to be applied to the Alde and Ore, this would result in the sea and river walls being left to deteriorate and ultimately breached.

In this discussion paper the Alde and Ore Association put forward proposals for an effective management scheme for the Alde and Ore Estuary. August 2008
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The Environment Agency's Draft Blyth Estuary Flood Risk Management Strategy: Implications and Options for the Alde / Ore Estuary
A report to The Alde & Ore Association by Professor Kenneth Pye ScD PhD MA CGeol FGS
April 2008
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Blyth Comments Report Appendix A . To view click here

Blyth Comments Report Appendix B. To view click here

Blyth Comments Report Appendix C. To view click here

Alde and Ore Estuary Flood Management Strategy
Assessment of Background Evidence and Recommendations for Further Action by Professor Kenneth Pye ScD PhD MA FGS CGeol Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd., Crowthorne, Berkshire (www.kpal.co.uk) and Department of Geology, Royal Holloway University of London 16 January 2005
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