This webinar is aimed at coastal practitioners and planners who provide advice, guidance and decisions on spatial planning. It will provide worked examples of how Shoreline Management Plans (SMPs) and National Coastal Erosion Risk Map (NCERM) can be used as part of development planning. It will also provide background information on SMPs and NCERM.

The webinar will cover:

• Development of SMPs and NCERM
• A walkthrough of the SMP Explorer site
• Worked examples of using SMPs and NCERM in development planning

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FAQs

What does the new national coastal erosion risk mapping mean for development planning?

If you’re a local authority officer working for a local planning authority or lead local flood authority on either planning policy or development management, you are invited to join this webinar. The event will focus on providing an introduction to the new national coastal erosion risk mapping data, and how this works alongside development planning.

The new National Coastal Erosion Risk Map (NCERM)

In January 2025 the Environment Agency published the updated NCERM on ‘Check coastal erosion risk for an area in England’ and Shoreline Management Plan Explorer. The new NCERM data is also available on data.gov.uk for open access. The new NCERM provides the most up to date picture of current and future coastal erosion risk for England.

How can I ask questions during the webinar?

If you have a question you would like the panel to address during the webinar please share using Slido. You can also upvote questions submitted by others to help us shape the agenda. To submit a question visit www.slido.com and enter #TCPA3

Do I need to prepare for the meeting? 

There is no pre-reading. However, it may be helpful for you to take a look at the National assessment of flood and coastal erosion risk in England 2024 report, which we published in December. Whilst the report focuses primarily on the findings from data not aimed at development planning, it provides a helpful overview of how our understanding of risk has changed.  

We also encourage you to watch this introductory video in advance of the event – Environment Agency updates to flood and coastal erosion risk information. (registration to the SharePoint site is required see details below)

You can read more here about our Updates to national flood and coastal erosion risk information. You can explore some of the new data we’ve already published here: 

• Check your long term flood risk 
• Check coastal erosion risk for an area in England 
• Shoreline Management Plan Explorer 
• Updated Flood Map for Planning service

To view the introductory video, get further details and supporting materials available from our SharePoint site send an email to admin_fcermprojectsupport@environment-agency.gov.uk  to request access.

You may also be interested in the suite of training materials on planning for flood risk created by the Environment Agency in partnership with the TCPA. These are available here: https://learning.tcpa.org.uk/

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