9 February 2011
Coastal erosion and residential property
Posted by Dave Petley
The Daily Mail has an interesting article (surely the first time I have used that phrase) on a cottage in South Dawlish in Devon, UK that is threatened by coastal erosion. According to the article, the house changed hands 18 months ago for £1.75 million, since when it has suffered two cliff collapse events, the most recent of which has left the back of the (let’s face it, spectacular) property just 1 m from the cliff edge:
The potential threat to the house is best shown by this image, taken before the most recent collapse:
The newspaper report states that
“Planners approved the development in 2005 with a number of conditions including a full geotechnical report to ensure the future stability of the cliff which would not be affected by the property’s construction. A Teignbridge Council spokesman said all conditions were met by the original applicant to allow the house to be built.”
Although I cannot speak for the specifics of this case in any way, in general insurance does not cover houses lost to coastal erosion or landslides in the UK. I suspect that all parties involved have interesting times ahead.
Dave Petley is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. His blog provides commentary and analysis of landslide events occurring worldwide, including the landslides themselves, latest research, and conferences and meetings.
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This is pretty typical along the California coast. As you noted, interesting times ahead for all involved.
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This is the case of an erroneus geotechnical report may be based in wrong geophysical data about the integrity of the cliff. I agree that parties involved will have interesting times ahead.
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It looks very dangerous. People should not built any building in this area.
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