Future Coast Bude

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The Future Coast Bude project is funded by Defra as part of the £200 million Flood and Coastal Innovation Programme (FCIP), which is managed by the Environment Agency. The programme will drive innovation in flood and coastal resilience and adaptation to a changing climate. Future Coast Bude is one of several projects around the country funded through the Coastal Transition Accelerator Programme (CTAP) portion of this fund.

The approach to how we address a changing coastline for Bude (and the country) are set out

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The Future Coast Bude project is funded by Defra as part of the £200 million Flood and Coastal Innovation Programme (FCIP), which is managed by the Environment Agency. The programme will drive innovation in flood and coastal resilience and adaptation to a changing climate. Future Coast Bude is one of several projects around the country funded through the Coastal Transition Accelerator Programme (CTAP) portion of this fund.

The approach to how we address a changing coastline for Bude (and the country) are set out in national plans known as the Shoreline Management Plan. The aim of Future Coast Bude is to encourage the more sustainable use and development of the coastal fringe in line with the national plan, whilst considering the social and economic challenges presented by a naturally changing coastal environment.

What is the Coastal Transition Accelerator Programme (CTAP)?

The Coastal Transition Accelerator Programme (CTAP) helps communities to plan for coastal change in the long term, including:

  • interventions such as improving and replacing damaged community infrastructure like beach access or coastal transport links,
  • repurposing land in coastal erosion zones for different uses, and
  • restoring and creating habitats to include green buffer zones.

Local authorities in the South West have been allocated £6 million in funding to improve the resilience of communities to the effects of coastal erosion and benefit the local economy. Bude is one of only two communities in the South West who will share this funding. For Bude the project will be delivered by Cornwall Council supported by the Environment Agency.

What can the £3 million funding be used for?

The funding can be used to promote adaptation actions to help communities transition away from an eroding coastline. Things the Future Coast Bude funding can be spent on include:

  • Moving structures, amenities and properties away from risk at the coast
  • Changing land use in areas vulnerable to coastal erosion
  • Making changes to community infrastructure, such as car parks or toilet blocks, so that the impact of coastal erosion on them is minimised
  • Looking into how funding can be secured for changes that will need to be made to adapt to a changing coastline
  • Working with the planning authority to ensure coastal change is taken into account
  • Working with businesses, community groups, as well as the wider public to help inform decisions.

Is there anything the funding can't be spent on?

The funding has been allocated to allow communities to adapt to change. It can be used in locations where the Shoreline Management Plan (SMP) policy is for Managed Realignment (MR). i.e. Summerleaze and Crooklets

The programme will not fund:

  • The building of any new flood defences
  • Any activity in areas where the Shoreline Management Plan policy is for ‘Hold the Line’ (HTL) i.e work to the breakwater
  • Activities that should take place as Business as Usual or routine maintenance
  • Any work to address damage caused by storm
  • Any work to undertake coastal clean up

What sort of thing might Future Coast Bude deliver?

Future Coast Bude will explore with the community a plan for coastal change. This will include:

  • The development of a Coastal Change Management Plan (CCMP). This is designated through the Local Plan and is required where changes are expected to the coast in the next 100 years.
  • The introduction of a Coastal Change Management Area (CCMA) in areas not identified as ‘Hold the line’ in the Shoreline Management Plan. This can then be used to inform planning and management decisions in the future.
  • Undertaking a transport and accessibility study which will help to determine how and when people access the beaches and local areas in Bude and how this can be improved in the future.
  • Making plans for the future for infrastructure on the coast that may be impacted by sea level rise and coastal erosion.

Other opportunities that will be explored with the community include the potential:

  • Relocating of public facilities to alternative locations to make sure they can still be used by the public in the future
  • Relocating emergency services facilities, so that they can remain operational in the future
  • Designing facilities in the future in a way that will help them adapt and respond to climate change (for example the Gig Club has been designed so it can be relocated)
  • Decommissioning parts of the carpark which are currently covered by the dunes
  • Improving accessibility to and at the coast.

  • Shaping Bude's Coast Together

    Welcome to this survey.  If you live in, are employed in, or own a business in Bude, we would really like to hear from you.  This survey includes questions about living or working in Bude; what issues are important to you; and what you know and think about how climate change might affect Bude, particularly in relation to coastal erosion and coastal flooding.  The survey should take you approximately 10 minutes to complete.

    Participation in this survey is totally voluntary but, if you do decide to take part, your time is very much appreciated.  All participants who complete the survey, in full, can opt into a prize draw to win a voucher for a local business in Bude.  Full terms and conditions are outlined below.  

    Your participation in this survey will be anonymous. You will only be required to provide your name or contact details if you choose to enter the prize draw. Your contact details will only be used for the purposes of the prize draw or to keep you up to date with project progress. 

    All other information you provide in this survey will be used to inform the Future Coast Bude project, including to shape community consultation events to be held later in 2026, where there will be more opportunity to input into shaping Bude's coast together.

    The Data Controller for the information you provide in this survey is Cornwall Council, New County Hall, Treyew Road, Truro TR1 3AY. Data Protection Registration Number: Z1745294. Your information may be processed by our project partners the Environment Agency and Bude-Stratton Town Council for the purposes outlined above. Once the survey has closed, your data will be held within Cornwall Council’s secure network and premises for up to 2 years. 

    Where we ask you to supply personal data on this form, we will only make access to this data available to authorised members of staff of Cornwall Council, the Environment Agency and Bude-Stratton Town Council who are required to process it for the purposes outlined above. Please note that other information you provide, such as responses to open questions, may be published in full.


    If you would like to find out more about the project, please email futurecoastbude@cornwall.gov.uk

    The deadline for completing the survey is Sunday 8 February 2026.

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