Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many areas have been designated as a Coastal Change Management Area.

Neither Defra or the Environment Agency maintain a record of the number of CCMAs that have been designated and adopted by coastal local planning authorities.

An independent study in 2019, found that 22 out of 95 Coastal Planning Authorities were using CCMAs, with a further 10 Local Planning Authorities having an intention to do so.

HM Government has committed to review the effectiveness of existing planning policy on Coastal Change Management Areas.

On 25 ^th August 2022, HM Government published a significant update to the Flood Risk and Coastal Change Planning Practice Guidance. The updated guidance provides more detail on the designation of Coastal Change Management Areas. The Environment Agency will provide data and advice to coastal planning authorities where they are considering designating CCMAs.