Anderby Parish Council.

Van Oord Equipment Storage at Moggs Eye.

Discussed at PC Meeting 19/6/2023

The PC believe that the many benefits of beach renourishment equipment storage at Moggs Eye, far outweigh any disadvantages. It should be remembered that the equipment stored at Moggs Eye is not “Scrap Metal” but a vital part of the equipment used in the £8,000,000 contract for our coastal defences each year.

These benefits include:

1 Massive reduction in traffic congestion/road closures, on Roman Bank.

2 Less damage to an already crumbling Roman Bank infrastructure.

3 Increased parking spaces at Huttoft Terrace. (Hence)

4 Reduced parking pressures at Anderby Creek

5 Reduced traffic through Anderby Creek looking for parking.

6 Existing picnic tables are unaffected.

Disadvantages:

1 50% of rarely used, open waste ground is unavailable. The PC is supportive of our 20-year relationship with Van Oord and appreciate their highly skilled work to keep us safe from devastating flooding. To show how lucky we are to have Government funds available to protect us, just have a look at Easington in South Yorkshire or Happisburgh in Norfolk. 

Permissions:

The definitive statement regarding planning permission is below: In allowing permission to use the site the County Council recognises that the Environment Agency have permitted development rights meaning that no planning permission is required. This can be found in Schedule 2, part 13 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, where Class D states that the Environment Agency can use this small area, with an existing vehicle access on to the beach, for the offloading and storage of equipment and vehicles for the purposes of (b) development in, on or‐‐--------- under any watercourse or land drainage works and required in connection with the improvement, maintenance or repair of that watercourse or those works; In this instance land drainage works includes the “defence against water (including seawater) irrigation” (EA Byelaws). Alternatively the County Council could rely on Part12, Class A of the same Schedule: A. The erection or construction and the maintenance, improvement or other alteration by a local authority or by an urban development corporation of— (a) any small ancillary building, works or equipment on land belonging to or maintained by them required for the purposes of any function exercised by them on that land otherwise than as statutory undertakers

Saltfleet to Gibraltar Point Strategy Report - Public Facing Document (environment-agency.gov.uk)