The  AGM of the  All Party Parliamentary Group for Coastal and Marine Issues   took place   yesterday in the Houses of Parliament, Westminster  and DOC was there to represent the Marsh.
It was an excellent opportunity to engage with Lord Smith, Chairman of the Environment Agency , who was the Guest Speaker at the meeting and [...]

DOC held its Christmas Party/Open Evening on the 4 December 2009 in Camber. Council Representatives and Stakeholders from all across the Marsh attended the event , as well as many DOC Members. After a welcoming speech by our Chairman, Terry Preston, our Technical Officer Tony Hills gave a short PowerPoint presentation on the newly purchased [...]

In the light of Government’s recent decision to exclude Dungeness from  the list of potential sites for  further Nuclear Power Stations  DOC finds it necessary to issue the following statement.

Will the  coast always look like it does now………?  By 2100 it is estimated that sea level changes wrought by climate change will have altered the map and we could find ourselves with a county that looks very different to the one we know and love today , according to an article recently  published in [...]

DOC was given an excellent opportunity to present  its aims and objectives for sea defence policies on the Romney Marsh  directly to the  Parliamentary Under-Secretary Huw Irranca-Davies (  Minister for Marine and Natural Environment) ,  during a ‘Coastal Communities at Risk’ Conference,  held at  the Institute of Civil Engineers,  Westminster on 6 July 2009   [...]

Lord Smith of Finsbury, who is the Chairman of the Environment Agency,  visited the Romney Marsh today to inspect the progress on the construction of new and much needed  sea defences  at Dymchurch and the Romney Marsh as a whole. He saw at first hand the new sea wall being built along the beach front [...]

…….”The estimated number of homes at risk of flooding is likely to double to about 800,000 within 25 years because of rising sea levels. Average summer temperatures in the South of England will rise by 2C by the 2040s and up to 6.4C by 2080.” ………
Figures released yesterday on the DEFRA Website are the bleakest [...]

DOC is delighted to report that  its first AGM  was held at the Guild Hall in Lydd .  Members and Councillors from across the Marsh attended. The meeting was opened by our Chairman Terry Preston, followed by an excellent  and very informative presentation by Mrs Boxhall, Curator of the Lydd Museum , concerning the fishing [...]

The All Party Parliamentary Group on Coastal and Marine Issues has recognized the need for an inquiry into deprivation and disadvantage in rural coastal areas. Attached you will find an invitation to submit evidence, which we would ask you to respond to and to circulate widely.
Norman Lamb MP, Chair APPG Coastal and Marine Issues

APPG Coastal [...]

Our Chairman Terry Preston released the following statement through the Kentish Express:
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