The historic harbour walls at Mullion Harbour in Cornwall have needed regular and costly repair as the Atlantic waves have battered this exposed location.
Recognising the rise in sea levels and increase in storm events and wave heights, we considered all options for the future of the harbour and involved the local community.
A decision has been taken to adapt by only undertaking minor repair, and, in the eventuality of major storm damage, accept the loss of the harbour walls and manage a retreat of the harbour structure back to an open cove as it was just 150 years ago.
On the Studland Peninsula in Dorset, the 6km of sandy beach attract over a million visitors a year.
The southern section of the beach is being eroded by 2 to 3m a year with the sand being deposited on the northern part, so the peninsula is not suffering a net loss overall.
However, the southern end of the beach has eroded by an average of 27m in 50 years, leaving beach huts, cafés, shops, toilet blocks and parking badly exposed to both erosion and inundation.
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Over the past five years, beach huts have been relocated and gabion sea defences have been removed to allow beach migration.
A managed realignment plan has been drawn up to enable the relocation of buildings and car park out of risk over the long-term.
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