Manhood Peninsula

The work on the Manhood Peninsula is an exciting and innovative approach to local planning for climate change. The project is about bringing together local people and decision-makers to recognise climate change and the need for adaptation.

Launched on June 8 th 2004 the project aimed to:

• Raise awareness within the communities and decision-makers of the area of the impact of climate change, the implications for land use and spatial planning, and the need to adapt

and had two central objectives:

• To set out locally agreed action plansthat enable positive local responses to climate change.
• To provide a channel for influencing future planning and decision-making to account for effects of climate change locally

Following the public launch the project was developed through a public programme of 4 topic specific workshops during the autumn of 2004 and a concluding ‘Integration and Planning’ workshop. The workshop outputs were refined by action planning groups in late spring 2005, and, in response to a further public consultation phase in the early autumn of 2005, the action plan was finalised in November 2005.

What's it all about?

ESPACE is all about learning how to adapt spatial planning to take account for climate change - but changes need to be appropriate to the local area and developing adaptation strategies should involve all the local people; local representatives, policy and decision makers, business, and residents.

Find out who was involved in the workshops and why.

The commitment of the member organisations to the MPP and the ESPACE project will ensure that the work coming out of this project has a valuable role to play in the future of the Manhood Peninsula.

The project is well connected & well supported, but importantly these relationships will continue to exist beyond the ESPACE project timescale.