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Search the Public Notice PortalCliff stabilisation work has started in Cromer in an effort to slow down ground movement on a vulnerable section of coastline.
A short stretch of cliff, near North Lodge Park, has been cleared ready for the installation of piling and stone‑filled gabion baskets to support the slope.
As part of the project, a section of the historic boundary wall by Cromer’s Watch House is being temporarily dismantled to allow access.
It will be reinstated once the work is complete.
North Norfolk District Council said the main risk to the area is gradual “mass movement” of the ground, rather than the usual wave erosion at the base of the cliff.
The council has a historic legal covenant on this frontage, dating back to when a predecessor authority bought North Lodge Park and the adjoining beach area from a private owner before 1929.
The covenant makes the authority responsible for maintaining the stability of the cliff in front of the private property behind it.
Councillor Tim Adams said: “We have a unique legal obligation to carry out the work, which does not exist elsewhere in the district to my knowledge.
"The cliff is not impacted by marine or wave action, but will be gradually impacted by mass movement.
"It is a very slow process and there are no real risks to property or access currently present.”
Councillor Jill Boyle said the works are going well and, once the stabilisation is finished, the grassed area in the park will be reinstated so that from the park side “it will look as if nothing has happened”.
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