Our Technical Officer , Tony Hills, has just completed his inspection of the beach maintenance work along the Lydd Ranges,  carried out by the Environment Agency over the Christmas break.  His photographs show that the profiling is very ‘thin’  with a lack of available material on the foreshore.
The re-shingling of the gap above Dengemarsh car [...]

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 [...]

48 hours of relentless stormy weather has caused further deterioration of our already vulnerable coastline and the forecast for next week shows no sign of reprieve! The beach at Galloways clearly shows the effects of  recent overtopping  with the crest further reduced and now in a very  poor state . The wooden driveway,  left in [...]

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.

Following the recent high tides our Technical Officer Tony Hills has carried out further inspections on the state of our sea defences in various locations
and reports as follows:-

On the 20 September 2009 our Technical Officer, Tony Hills, raised his concerns with the Environment Agency  regarding  the accumulation of shingle  at the Outfall at Littlestone and the resulting flood risk  for local areas. The situation was promptly remedied at that time.

Unfortunately the shingle , which was removed from this location not more than [...]

Our Technical Officer Tony Hills inspected the Littlestone Outfall at the weekend following a period of strong northeasterly winds  .  Photographs were taken and  the Environment Agency was alerted immediately ! This situation yet again points out the present vulnerability of our sea defences . DOC  understands that arrangements have now  been  put in place [...]

Following a further inspection of  the  Galloways and Dengemarsh  area by our Technical Officer Tony Hills , concerns are increasing after noting  just how much erosion has taken place due to this week’s south westerly gale. With high tides forecast again in two weeks time of 8.3 m it will only need further [...]

Our Technical Officer Tony Hills has reported further severe erosion (for this time of year) over the last two months at Galloways and has called upon the Environment Agency to carry out  urgent beach crest repairs. The restricted shingle feed, adverse weather  conditions and a deepening foreshore have created a more rapid erosion than expected. [...]

A recent comment,  left on our website , has further highlighted the need for continued and improved shingle defences at the Suttons in Camber. Our Technical Officer Tony Hills has carried out a  site inspection, took photographs  and raised the matter with the Environment Agency. He issued the following statement::-

“The Suttons have special needs when [...]