Woman to construct ‘flat-pack’ properties to stop them being washed to sea
- Anne Jones, 54, is hoping to construct 4 collapsible properties in Southwold, Suffolk
- The cliff face on her land is carrying away at a price of 15 ft (4.5 metres) per 12 months
A girl who misplaced three homes to cliff edge erosion has determined to take issues into her personal arms by changing them with ‘flat-pack’ properties which will be disassembled and rebuilt at a second’s discover.
Anne Jones, 54, has utilized for planning permission for the 4 uncommon new properties which might lie on the coast close to Southwold in Suffolk.
The genius transfer comes 4 years after Mrs Jones misplaced three terraced properties within the village of Easton Bavents, Suffolk after harmful storms left them near the cliff edge.
The properties then needed to be demolished to stop their collapse from continued erosion.
Mrs Jones’s household have owned land within the space since 1925 and, with the cliff chipping away at a price of 15 ft a 12 months, the distinctive ‘flat-pack’ properties appear to be the one answer to maintain this going.
Anne Jones misplaced three homes in 2020 after cliff erosion moved her properties ever nearer to the sting. The chipping away of the face from 1998 to 2020 will be seen above
The landowner has determined to take issues into her personal arms by changing the properties with ‘flat-pack’ properties, the plans of that are pictured above
The planning utility is being thought-about by East Suffolk County Council with a call anticipated in round eight weeks.
Mrs Jones mentioned that she has not costed the constructing work for the properties, which have been designed by architects Studio Bark, however related collapsible homes price greater than £200,000 to erect.
The properties should be constructed from timber as a substitute of bricks and concrete as a way to take them aside and reconstruct them if wants be.
Mrs Jones mentioned: ‘I hope the homes won’t must be taken aside in my lifetime however future-proofing is vital.
‘There is little doubt that local weather change and world warming are getting worse contemplating we transfer 5 metres in direction of the cliff edge yearly.
‘It’s a really unfair and tough scenario the place we won’t shield our personal property due to the cliff erosion.
‘I’m not conscious of anybody who has been in a position to make it work – we’re hoping to change into a trailblazer with a inventive answer.’
One of the buildings that can be changed by a ‘flat-pack’ dwelling can be Warren House which is prone to must be demolished by 2040.
Mrs Jones mentioned that she has not costed the constructing work for the properties, which have been designed by architects Studio Bark, however related collapsible properties price greater than £200,000 to erect
The planning utility is being thought-about by East Suffolk County Council with a call anticipated in round eight weeks
Warren House lies simply 187 ft (57 metres) from the cliff as the sting shuffles ever nearer to its entrance door.
The collapsible dwelling changing this property is about to have 5 bedrooms whereas the opposite three, which can be constructed on the positioning of the already demolished East End Cottages, can have three bedrooms every.
Mrs Jones’s utility describes how the properties have been ‘designed for ease of meeting and in addition ease of disassembly and reuse’, making them acceptable for a stretch of regularly shifting coast.
The paperwork say the design of the properties is delicate to the ‘particular traits of the shoreline’ and that the properties will be ‘simply taken aside, demounted and moved as nature dictates’.
The utility additionally states: ‘If the encroachment of the ocean threatens these properties’ they’ll ‘be disassembled, relocated to a different website and re-erected’.
