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Beach Management Plan: Febuary meeting: further reports

  • by JW

Agreeing to a 6-month ‘pause’ in the process to reassess the options

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Thursday saw the first time the BMP’s Steering Group (now its Advisory Group) met in public.

Here’s the immediate feedback from the VGS representative at that meeting:

Beach Management Plan advisory group meeting 25th Feb 2021 – Vision Group for Sidmouth

With a full report on the VGS’s dedicated pages to the BMP – which looks at how the group has agreed to a 6 month ‘pause’ in the process to reassess the options:

From the BMP Steering Group – Vision Group for Sidmouth

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Meanwhile, the District Council has made the meeting available on its YouTube channel:

Sidmouth and East Beach BMP Advisory Group 25 February 2021 – YouTube

And has sent out a press release:

25 February 2021 – Bigger, better Sidmouth sea defence plans back on table after changes to funding eligibility – East Devon

This has been reported by the wider media:

Potential boost for Sidmouth sea defences after change to funding eligibility | sidmouth.nub.news

Extra funding could mean ‘bigger and better’ plans for Sidmouth sea defences – Devon Live