The recent vote by the Happisburgh Parish Council to support the project has been reversed a week later by a procedural complaint by Councillor Glenn Barry who voted against the project at the meeting and has now found a way to try to scupper this much needed initiative for coastal protection. His objection was that […]
CCRG has initiated the 'Plugging the Gap' project. Coastal sand dunes are dynamic, vegetated hills of sand formed by onshore winds blowing across dry beaches. They act as vital natural sea defenses and support unique biodiversity. In the last thirty years the Happisburgh shoreline has suffered dramatic erosion and change. One noticeable change is the […]
Members of the CCRG continued to meet with the NNDC to discuss the Coastwise initiative and take part in the various meetings to inform the resultant adaptation plan. These meetings were both in person interviews, submitted documents and engagement events with consultants Jacobs. In October CCRG submitted written evidence to The Environment, Food and Rural […]
Members of the CRG visited Rob Goodliffe at the NNDC to discuss the Coastwise initiative.The outcome of the meeting produced the following points: The NNDC welcomed the idea that the CRG would be the conduit between itself and Happisburgh Parish Council.The NNDC Coastwise would consult and collaborate with the CRG on various projects for the whole […]
The CRG met with NNDC lead on the Coastwise group Rob Goodliff. It was agreed that a dialogue would be established between the NNDC and the CRG which would represent Happisburgh Parish Council for the purposes of the Coastwise initiative.
Whilst the Happisburgh Parish Council adopted the Coastal Research Group in 2023 as a working group for the council and provide for its governance, this has now changed. The group has changed its name to Community Coastal Research Group and is now an Unincorporated Association an organisation set up through an agreement between a group […]