Strategy Engagement

Draft Pathway Public Engagement - November 2024

In November the Team shared the Draft Pathways for each of the Management Units. There were a range of opportunities for residents to view or hear about the Draft Pathways through the following;

• 5 public exhibitions were held at a range of venues in Milford on Sea and Lymington
• online evening session
• workshop for local interest groups and organisations
• exhibition boards available to view as part of Lymington Afloat exhibition at St Barbes (8 Nov- 11 Jan).

The exhibition boards illustrated the proposed pathways for each unit and key check points in time as to whether and when works might be considered and implemented. By using the adaptation pathway approach, it enables us to present a range of responses over time, that can be adapted dependent on uncertainties in the future, for example, asset failure, funding, new resources or materials available. View Draft Pathway exhibition boards

Please note the pathways are still in draft and subject to further environmental assessments and therefore may be subject to change

More recently the Strategy Team have been developing their schools engagement offer, we are keen to involve young people in the development of the Strategy and hear their views, even more so as this is a 100 year strategy and they will be the ones to see changes to the coastline in years to come.

We are also keen for schools and colleges to use the Hurst Spit to Lymington Strategy as a case study of a local flood and coastal management strategy. If you are attached to a school or education group and would like to know more, please email the Team about sample session plans and delivery to date. We can cover a range of subjects relating to Hurst Spit to Lymington which include;

Leading Options Engagement

Summer 2023 we completed our second series of public exhibitions. This was an opportunity for everyone to view the Leading Options and for the Strategy Team to listen to peoples thoughts, views and concerns regarding these. Over 400 people attended the exhibitions and 164 feedback forms were submitted. We are now reviewing the issues and questions you have raised in preparation of further engagement opportunities in Autumn 2024. All display materials on the Leading Options from the events are available to view here

Over the course of the next year there will be numerous opportunities for people to feed into its development, either through formal engagement events or direct contact, we are keen to hear from you about further opportunities for engagement.

Stakeholder Advisory Group

In 2020 a Stakeholder Advisory Group (StAG) was established comprising of 23 key local groups and organisations all with a specialist interest and knowledge of the local area. The purpose of the StAG is to understand local aspirations of the coastline, to disseminate information to members and act as a sounding board to the Strategy Team. The StAG meet twice a year. View StAG Members

Quick Poll

Please answer the two questions below to help shape how we share information about the Hurst Spit to Lymington Strategy with more residents and groups in the local area.