Cromer and Mundesley to get new sea defences as part of £25m project

The plan for Mundesley covers about a mile of the village's seafront

The Norfolk coastline will receive improved defences as part of a £25m project.

North Norfolk District Council (NNDC) has agreed to put in extra shoreline protections in Cromer and Mundesley.

It is hoped the schemes will reduce the risk of coastal erosion.

Speaking at a development committee meeting on Thursday, Conservative councillor Dr Victoria Holliday said putting in "all this paraphernalia" was unfortunate, but there was "no option".

The plans were unanimously approved by councillors.

Soaring costs

The Cromer scheme includes refurbishments to the timber groynes - wooden structures built perpendicular to the shore - navigation beacons and sea walls.

The application site covers 88 acres, the full Cromer frontage, which is about a mile long.

Plans for Mundesley also include remedial works to existing groynes and navigation beacons, sea walls and aprons.

That application site covers 60 acres, about a mile of the Mundesley front.

The plans for Mundesley and Cromer (pictured) were unanimously approved by councillors

While the authority had previously expected the two schemes to cost around £14.1m, it has now risen to £25m.

The increase was blamed on inflation dramatically pushing up prices for materials and labour.