Eastern Solent Coastal Partnership

the eastern solent coastal partnership (escp) formed an alliance in 2012 to deliver a combined, efficient and comprehensive coastal management service across the coastlines of four local authorities including: havant borough council, portsmouth city council, gosport borough council and fareham borough council. the innovative initiative was driven forward by a need for coastal management that recognises coastal flooding and erosion risk impacts are not exclusive to local authority boundaries. the overarching vision of the escp initiative is to reduce the risk of coastal flooding and erosion to people, the developed and natural environment by encouraging the provision of technically, environmentally and economically sustainable coastal defence and protection measures. the escp approach to coastal management challenges red tape and bureaucratic procedure. this allows a service to operate which fulfils its own vision and expectations whilst also opening up a new approach to delivering coas