Overview

• Jean Flick, 88, says she was told nothing will be done to save her Suffolk clifftop house and a demolition assessor has already visited.
• The Shoreline Management Plan for this coast follows managed realignment, which permits actions that may slow but will not stop erosion.
• Authorities told her heavy machinery cannot reach the cliff base without causing damage, effectively ruling out building sea defences.
• Recent collapses have followed severe cliff damage from Storm Babet in 2023, increasing near‑term risk to properties in Thorpeness.
• Officials plan to review the situation in the new year, after a neighbouring home on the same street was demolished in 2022.