On 22nd December the Environment Agency were invited to attend a site walk over with MP Perran Moon and representatives from the Parish Council, Love Portreath and PFRAG. The objective of the visit was to walk the channel to discuss the proposal and further understand any community concerns.

Thank you to everyone who met with us and shared feedback. Please be assured that the below focus areas raised by the community during the visit are being developed through the current design phase.

• Surface Water run off
• Residual Risk Assessment
• Flood risk model report

Ongoing Activities:

• Following the December site visit we are continuing work to address the concerns raised by the community.
• In December we met with Cornwall Highways to discuss surface water run-off and understand their perspective. The project team are continuing to develop an approach to address surface water run-off within the current design.
• Preparations are underway for further ground investigations to start from 19th January. Works will be undertaken using handheld tools to obtain core and trial pit samples. We anticipate minimal disruption, and any access requirements are being communicated in advance.
• Through January we will seek pre-application support from Cornwall Council to ensure all considerations are addressed.
• On Tuesday 13th January Environment Agency representatives will be available at the community hub, please feel free to drop in and speak with the team. If this date isn't suitable, we will be back at the community hub on the 3rd of February.

Resident meetings
Throughout November and December, Environment Agency representatives visited Portreath residents whose properties back onto the stream to discuss the Flood Resilience Proposal.

Thank you to everyone who met with us and shared feedback—your local knowledge has been invaluable. A follow-up letter will confirm the details discussed and explain how further information will be provided as the proposal progresses.

To keep the community informed, we’ve launched this page on EngagementHQ. It includes information from the public event held on 9th September 2025 including a summary of comments received via the feedback forms, and responses to frequently asked questions.

Ongoing activities :

• Following the September public event, we are in the process of updating the design to reflect residents’ feedback.
• We met with the World Heritage Officer to ensure the proposal respects the historic landscape.
• We are meeting Cornwall Highways to discuss surface water run-off, understand their perspective, and understand how it will be accounted for in the scheme.
• An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Screening Opinion Request was submitted to Cornwall Council in October Ref: PA25/08179. Cornwall Council have concluded that the proposed works do not require an Environmental Impact Assessment.
• Preparations are underway for further ground investigations in early 2026, works will be undertaken using handheld tools to obtain core and trial pit samples. We anticipate minimal disruption, and any access requirements will be communicated in advance.

On the 8th of September we held an event at the Millennium Hall in Portreath. The event was focused on providing an overview of the proposals to date and how we have considered the public feedback received.

Nine members of the project team were available at the event to provide further details and responses to resident’s specific questions. Between 10am and 7pm over 170 people came to speak to us, and 94 residents completed our feedback survey.

The information from the survey has been really useful, the survey showed us that the most common concern was "Will raw sewage flow down the channel and onto the beach? " You can see information about sewage and other 'Frequently Asked Questions' on the right hand side of this page. We will add to these as we work though the feedback and other enquiries we've received by email.