SCOPAC Research – current projects
The Southern Coastal Group (SCG) assists in the successful delivery of SCOPAC’s Research programme. Between 1986-2018 SCG and SCOPAC worked together to commission approximately £1.3 million worth of valuable research to the benefit of its members.
Since the merger of SCG and SCOPAC in 2020, our boundary extent is Portland Bill in Dorset to Selsey Bill in Lyme Regis; where appropriate, however, research may reflect the original SCOPAC boundary, which extended from Lyme Regis to Shoreham on Sea.
Regional Numeric Model
Dr Matthew Wadey, BCP Council and Alex Hillawi, Coastal Partners
Acoustic Tags
Sacha Neill, Coastal Partners
Scanning of historical aerial photography
Environment Agency
Protecting Heritage
Alex Hillawi and Charlie White, Coastal Partners
Suitability of remote sensing for Coastal Monitoring
‘Utilisation of RCMP data to understand coastal processes’ project. Awarded 2020/21
Reducing regional flood and erosion risk from wave action on the Channel Coast
Channel Coast Observatory and HR Wallingford
SCOPAC Sediment Transport Study scoping
Samantha Cope, Coastal Partners
Tracer Pebble Study, West Bay
Sacha Neill, Coastal Partners – on behalf of Lamorna Taylor, Dorset CC and Alan Frampton, BCP Council
“The SCG and SCOPAC research provides a mechanism for local and region-wide issues to be investigated, that may not ordinarily be undertaken by a single Local Authority. The knowledge shared not only benefits officers and members but can lead to much larger research projects being commissioned by central government.”
Dr Samantha Cope, Coastal Partners