CCA Guidance
The Scottish Government has developed guidance to support local authorities in the preparation of Coastal Change Adaptation Plans.
These plans attempt to go further than Shoreline Management Plans, by considering the adaptation required to safeguard our coastal communities and assets as our climate and coast continues to change.
SEPA Flood Maps
SEPA are responsible for flood warning and mapping, and they support Local Authorities in the delivery of local schemes.
Climate Change
Below are some key resources to understand climate change and the potential impact on coastal erosion.
- Adaptation Scotland: Climate Projections for Scotland
- MCCIP: Impacts of climate change on sea-level rise relevant to the coastal and marine environment around the UK
- MCCIP: Impacts of climate change on coastal geomorphology and coastal erosion relevant to the coastal and marine environment around the UK
- MCCIP: Impacts of climate change on storms and waves relevant to the coastal and marine environment around the UK
- UK Climate Change Risk Assessment 3 (2021) - Technical Report
- UK Climate Change Risk Assessment 3 (2021) - Summary for Scotland
- UK Climate Projections 2018 - Marine
- Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009
- HES: A Guide To Climate Change Impacts
Guidance for managing erosion & habitats
Below are some key resources to manage coastal erosion and habitats.
Coastal Cell Reports
Dynamic Coast used the coastal cells as defined by Russel and Brampton:
- Cell 1 - St Abb's Head to Fife Ness
- Cell 2 - Fife Ness to Cairnbulg Point
- Cell 3 - Cairnbulg Point to Duncansby Head
- Cell 4 - Duncansby Head to Cape Wrath
- Cell 5 - Cape Wrath to the Mull of Kintyre
- Cell 6 - Mull of Kintyre to the Mull of Galloway
- Cell 7 - Mull of Galloway to the Inner Solway Firth
- Cells 8 and 9 - The Western Isles
- Cell 10 - Orkney
- Cell 11 - Shetland
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Reports published in 2017
The results from the first phase of Dynamic Coast are below, however, the latest Dynamic Coast reports supercede these results.
- National Overview
- Coastal Erosion Policy Context
- Methodology
- Data Audit
- Defence Asset Database
- Whole Coast Assessment
- Vulnerability Assessment
- Recommendations
- Cell 1 - St Abb's Head to Fife Ness
- Cell 2 - Fife Ness to Cairnbulg Point
- Cell 3 - Cairnbulg Point to Duncansby Head
- Cell 4 - Duncansby Head to Cape Wrath
- Cell 5 - Cape Wrath to the Mull of Kintyre
- Cell 6 - Mull of Kintyre to the Mull of Galloway
- Cell 7 - Mull of Galloway to the Inner Solway Firth
- Cells 8 and 9 - The Western Isles
- Cell 10 - Orkney
- Cell 11 - Shetland
