Article 19 Maintenance of coast protection, drainage and flood defence worksI1

Article 4 applies to an activity carried on for the purpose of maintaining any—

Paragraph (1) is subject to condition 1 and either condition 2 or 3.

Condition 1 is that the activity must be carried on within the existing boundaries of the works being maintained.

Condition 2 is that, where a public body, other than the licensing authority, intends to carry on the activity to which paragraph (1) applies, the public body must either–

Condition 3 is that, where a person, other than the licensing authority or a public body, intends to carry on the activity to which paragraph (1) applies, the person must obtain approval from the licensing authority before the activity is carried on.

But Article 4 does not apply—

In this Article–

• “beach replenishment” means the addition of material from land-based, off-shore or other coastal sources not connected to the beach or its associated sediment system to replace material permanently lost from the system;

• “coast protection works” includes–

  1. (a)

     beach re-profiling, which involves the movement of beach material in a cross-shore direction up or down the beach; and

  2. (b)

     beach recycling, which involves the movement of beach material along the beach from areas of accretion to areas of erosion within the beach or associated sediment system.