The Environment Agency are jointly responsible for coastal management
Local government
The local authorities are jointly responsible for coastal management
However, in 2010 local-government spending was cut by central government, which restricted local councils to minimal increases in Council Tax
Stakeholders in the local economy
The tourist industry wants greater spending on coastal protection
Farmers want money spent to protect their farmland, which is of lower value than urban spaces
Residents at, for example, Hornsea and Mappleton want guaranteed coastal protection for their homes and businesses
Environmental stakeholders
English Nature and RSPB want to protect Spurn Head, so a continuing flow of sand southwards by longshore drift is essential.
One of the most important assets of this spit is the protection that it gives to the mudflats at the Humber Estuary (one of the UK's most important birdlife reserves)
