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Coastal Action Plans 2012 Action Plan
(CAP) Reviews
The
Western Coastal Board (the Board) has undertaken a statutory five (5)
year review of Coastal Action Plans (CAPs) in the Western Coastal Region
of Victoria, which includes the coastline from the South Australian
border to Breamlea and includes the municipalities of Glenelg, Moyne,
Warrnambool, Corangamite, Colac-Otway and Surf Coast.
This Review has
found that CAPs have been very successful and have
provided a valuable cross-jurisdictional mechanism for stakeholder
collaboration, planning and implementation to deliver Integrated Coastal
Zone Management (ICZM) on the west coast of Victoria.
The findings and
recommendations outlined in this review reveal the key
successes of and learnings from the CAP process and conclude that a
second
generation of revised Regional CAPs is required to deliver ICZM and
facilitate the implementation of the Victorian Coastal Strategy (VCS)
2008.
This CAP Review
Report examines the status of all CAP actions, as well as
the successes and the challenges associated with current CAPs, within
a
structured qualitative and quantitative review process. The review
translates the knowledge of the Board and regional stakeholders gained
from the lessons of CAP implementation, into 31 distinct recommendations
to ensure future coastal planning and management practices respond
effectively to the range of issues outlined in the VCS 2008.
A process to revise
Regional CAPs is considered essential to deliver the
outcomes sought by the Coastal Management Act 1995 and VCS 2008. The
Board
believes there is clearly potential for two sub-regional CAPs in
recognition of the different environments, demographics and economies
of
the Western Coastal Region that exist generally either side of Cape
Otway,
and the Report outlines a number of opportunities which should be
considered for a next generation of Regional CAPs.
Once the process
to develop the revised CAPs established, the Board will
involve all key coastal stakeholders and communities in extensive
consultation.
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