Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 16711

Coastal Erosion: Housing

Tabled: 7 July 2026
Answered: 13 July 2026

Question

Rupert Lowe

Restore BritainGreat Yarmouth

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

Emma Hardy
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...

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