Coastal Erosion: Housing
Commons · Question 16711 · Tabled 7 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 13 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Rupert Lowe
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of residential properties expected to be lost to coastal erosion in the next five years by local authority area.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 13 Jul 2026
The Environment Agency’s National Coastal Erosion Risk Map (NCERM), published in 2025, provides estimates of properties in areas at risk of coastal erosion by local authority over longer-term periods, including up to 2055 and 2105. This information is pub...