East Suffolk Council
Coastal management changes for East Suffolk
On 31 March 2025, Coastal Partnership East, the coastal management partnership of North Norfolk District Council, Great Yarmouth Borough Council and East Suffolk Council, was dissolved.
The initial partnership agreement anticipated peaks and troughs of resource sharing at different times across the three councils. However, there has been a continual demand on each local authority to manage the effects of sea level rise and climate change. Therefore, the councils agreed to dissolve the partnership to allow the three individual councils a more flexible approach and ability to focus on their own specific coastal management needs.
East Suffolk Council currently holds data on behalf of Coastal Partnership East. This data, which includes any personal data such as name and contact details collected during surveys and consultations, is now being transferred to the respective local authorities. For example, if your personal data relates to a location in Great Yarmouth, it will be transferred to Great Yarmouth Borough Council.
In line with UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018, we are informing you that due to this change your personal data will be transferred to the relevant council.
The data will be transferred at the end of April 2025. If you have any concerns or are not happy for your personal data to be transferred to the relevant council and wish to object, please contact us in one of the following ways:
• By email to coastalmanagement@eastsuffolk.gov.uk. Please include ‘data protection’ in the title of your email.
• By phone to our Customer Services team on 0333 016 2000, asking for them to send a message to the Coastal Management team.
• In writing to: Coastal Management Team, East Suffolk Council, Riverside, 4 Canning Road, Lowestoft NR33 0EQ.
If you are happy for your personal data to be transferred, you do not need to contact the Council.
You can find out more about how the respective councils store and process your information at: