SOUTH EAST COASTAL GROUP
Draft Agenda
10thDecember2015
Natural England’s offices in Ashford. (International House, Floor 9, Dover Place, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1HU)
10.30 to 12.30
Administration Items
1 / Introductions, welcome and outline of the purpose of the meeting from theChairman. Routine quarterly meeting.
Items circulated with the agenda:
  • Lessons from the 2010 floods on the Atlantic coast (Xynthia) and in the Var (For information)
  • Coastal Group Chairmans agenda (For information)
  • Coastal Special Interest Group Newsletter Autumn 2015 (For information)
  • State of the Nation Coastal Asset Data Improvement Item 7
  • Southern RFCC Minutes from Meeting 29th July 2015 in Kent. (Covered in item 11)
  • Southern RFCC October meeting pack. (Covered in item 11)
  • SECG and SCG SRFCC Briefing (Covered in item 11)
  • National Coastal Erosion Risk Map updates EA Item 14
  • Coastal Engagement Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management R&D Programme - Research Proposal Form (Item 16)
  • Paper 1: Defra/Environment Agency FCERM Stakeholder Forum: 19 Nov 2015 (Item 5)
/ 5 mins
2 / Apologies (Sec)
3 / Minutes of previous meeting(previously circulated) andany matters arising and declaration of substantive items of AOB items to be considered. / 5 mins
4 / Chairman’sreport(Ch) and any staff or organisation changes / 20 mins
Main Items – for decision/discussion/reporting
5 / E EA/Defra Updates: Defra/Environment Agency FCERM Stakeholder Forum
(Attached) / 65 mins
6 / SECG Annual report(Ch)
7 / State of the Nation Report(Ch) –A short briefing attachedas background to the forthcoming request for information for the project.Linked with item 14.
8 / Finance (GH)
9 / SMP2 and Flood and Erosion Risk Management Strategies Updates (VC’s / others).
10 / Medium Term Plan(EA)and Efficiency Measures Ch
11 / RFCC matters:
  • Minutes for July 2015 meeting attached for information
  • Agenda and papers for October meeting attached for information and comment.
  • Items to raise for next meeting and in particular any issues of importance for the group and members
  • Copy of last SECG and SCG Briefing to September RFCC attached for information.
  • Update on joint meeting – Call for help

12 / Regional and National Monitoring Programme – Progress(Ch)
13 / Website
14 / NCERM (Ch)Briefing Note attached and item to covered in item 7 above
15 / South East Coast Beach Management Plan Programme Progress (UD)
  • Any responses on the offer of dredged material last month?

16 / Research and Development (Ch)
  • To discuss the paper circulated by UD Action to agree the group’s position and any actions.
  • Consider Coastal Engagement Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management R&D Programme - Research Proposal Form
  • Consider other proposals

17 / Consultations or items for action (Ch)
Information Items –As listed above. General information should be posted on the website.Previously circulated items sent by email since the last meeting are not covered here again.
18 / Dates of future meetings (Sec)Dates in diary:
25th Feb 2016 (week after half term) or 3rd March 2016?
26th May 2016
1st September 2016
1st December 2016
RFCC meeting schedule:
  • Wednesday 27th January
  • Tuesday 1st March – 10-12pm, EA office, Worthing
  • Wednesday 8th June - 10-12pm, EA office, Worthing
  • Wednesday 14th September - 10-12pm, EA office, Worthing
  • Wednesday 7th December - 10-12pm, EA office, Worthing
/ Note
19 / Dredging applications and consultations no new applications received. (Ch) None / Note
Standard Items
20 / Events: There are a number of upcoming Coastal workshops and events which coastal practitioners may be interested in (NB this is not a definitive list):
  • CIWEM Rivers and Coastal Group 26th January 2016
  • 23-25 February 2016 - Flood & Coast 2016
  • SIG AGM and Knowledge sharing event at Blakeney, North Norfolk 15th and 16th June 2016
Next SECG meeting:
  • Presentation Pagham – The issues and struggle to date ADC

21 /
  • NE’s Coastal Access Team, who have offered to talk through progress on the Kent stretches of coastal access (Dungeness around to Grain)
  • Presentation Coastal Communities 2150 – Guide Practice Guide John Gower

22 / Any other business. Substantive items need to be raised with the Chairman before the meeting. / 5 mins

Future Agenda Items:

  • Emergency Planning Coastal Group Role Members Forum
  • Coastal Groups role with respect to new LLFA responsibilities
  • Succession Planning

Please raise any items for future coverage during the meeting to add to this list.