The Five Stages of a Coastal Management Program

Stage one: Identify the scope of a CMP

The first step is to identify the scope of a CMP which results in a Scoping Study. The Scoping Study incorporates local priority management issues, reviews existing management plans, identifies information gaps, and identifies how consultation and engagement should take place during preparation of a CMP.

Once the Scoping Study has been certified, Council will engage a consultant to take on the actions required within Stages 2 – 4 via a Coast and Estuary Grant from the NSW State Government.

Stage two: Determine Risks, vulnerabilities and opportunities

This is a technical stage that requires gathering the background, further community consultation, a conceptual model, defining the coastal hazards within the area and modelling and mapping of the region and creating a risk assessment based on the hazard mapping models.

Stage 2 requires the studies identified in the Scoping Study to be undertaken.

Stage three: Identify and evaluate options.

This stage includes the confirmation of strategic direction, identifying and evaluating potential management actions, further community and stakeholder consultation and the development of a draft business plan.

Stage four: Prepare, exhibit, finalise, certify and adopt the CMP

This stage involves preparing a draft CMP for public exhibition, incorporating community feedback and finalising the CMP taking into account all submissions and recommendations and ensuring that all statutory and mandatory requirements have been met.

Stage five: Implement, monitor, evaluate and report

The final stage of the process includes implementing, monitoring and evaluating the works proposed within the CMP, along with reporting and liaising with stakeholders.