The coast of Southwold, Suffolk has always been thread by the sea. The land erodes and therefore the village of Suffolk is getting to lie closer to the sea. If this eroding continues, eventually houses will just fall into the sea. A retired engineer called Peter Boggis lives close to these cliffs and he took his chances and started two years ago with building his own sea defences. He already spent ten of thousands of pounds doing so. He dumped 250.000 tonnes of clay soil in order to build his own dike and protect his own home and the homes of other inhabitants of Suffolk. The problem is that this area has been selected as a SSSI(Site of Special Scientific interest) by the organisation Natural England. This means that they have decided that the shoreline is not to be disturbed and that the eroding should continue on behalf of scientific studies. Peter Boggis didn’t have the right to do this without any jurisdiction and therefore Peter Boggis and Natural England got into higher court. Peter Boggis won the latest stage of his fight. He said Natural England had no legal right to stop him saving his home.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/7766782.stm
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I think Peter Boggis is right. The sea is threatening the village and his home and therefore only he is already allowed to take the right measures. However, the article also said that Natural England declared that Peter Boggis had not obtained planning permission from his local authority or a waste licence from the Environment Agency. This is quite harmful I think because nobody should be taking great measures like this whenever he feels like it. If we’d all do that we would affect the environment immensely. But still, it is very good of Peter Boggis that he try’s to hold back the sea. Especially when you hold in mind the global warming and the rising of the sea level. Measures should be taken to hold back the sea.
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