Consultation outcome

Coastal Access in Kent: Folkestone to Ramsgate

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Map1.4: Foads Lane to Stonelees Nature Reserve - approved modifications

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Map 1.5: Stonelees Nature Reserve to Stonar Cut Bridge - approved modifications

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Map 1.6: Stonar Cut Bridge to North Great Stonar – correction to proposal map

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Detail of outcome

On 23 March 2015 the Secretary of State announced her decision to approve a stretch of the England Coast Path in Kent between Folkestone and Ramsgate.

Maps 1.4 and 1.5 show the approved modifications near Richborough Port, Sandwich.

Map 1.6 has been corrected: an area of land was previously incorrectly identified as contaminated land.

Feedback received

Full representations for Folkestone to Ramsgate

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Summary of other representations for Folkestone to Ramsgate

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Detail of feedback received

Representations made by a person within paragraph 2(2)(b) to (f) of the Schedule, and Natural England’s comments on those representations which it sent to the Secretary of State on 21 March 2014

Summary of other representations, and Natural England’s comments on those representations which it sent to the Secretary of State on 21 March 2014.


Original consultation

Summary

Proposals for improved access to the Kent coast between Folkestone and Ramsgate.

This consultation was held on another website.

This consultation ran from
to

Consultation description

On 28 October 2013 Natural England submitted a report to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs setting out proposals for improved access to the Kent coast between Folkestone and Ramsgate.

The period for making formal representations and objections on the final report closed at 5pm on Sunday 22 December 2013.

Under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, Natural England has a statutory duty to improve access to the English coast. As well as securing a long-distance route around the whole of the coast, its role is to provide improved levels of access for local residents and visitors where they can walk, rest and admire the view.

The report outlines key improvements to existing access along the coast in Kent between Folkestone and Ramsgate, with proposals:

  • to identify a clear and continuous walking route along this part of the coast, bringing sections of existing coastal footpath closer to the sea

  • to allow the route to ‘roll back’ if the coastline erodes or slips, solving the long-standing difficulties of maintaining a continuous route along the coast

  • to secure statutory rights of public access to areas of beach, cliff and coastal land for the first time in places where people currently enjoy access by long tradition or with the landowners’ permission

Updates to this page

Published 28 October 2013
Last updated 23 March 2015 + show all updates
  1. Approved modifications made

  2. First published.

Sign up for emails or print this page