Adoption of Mounts Bay Coastal Resilience Strategy

The council agreed to adopt a plan, created with the Environment Agency, to protect the Mounts Bay area from flooding and coastal erosion for the next 80 years using ideas from local people.

Individual Decision Day·2026-07-08·Not recorded

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Description

The Council proposed to adopt the Mounts Bay Coastal Resilience Strategy, jointly developed with the Environment Agency, to manage flood and coastal erosion risks across Mounts Bay through to 2100 with community-informed approaches.

From the minutes

The Portfolio Holder explained that the Strategy had been brought forward for adoption through the Individual Decision process in order to formalise the Council's approach to managing coastal change within the area and to enable implementation of the individual projects

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