The work is being undertaken by North Norfolk District Council through the Coastwise scheme, a project funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, according to sources. The council has offered to buy properties from the owners and give professional service support, with insurance for coastal erosion unavailable, as reported.
Among those affected is Bryony Nierop-Reading, a 79-year-old local whose previous home collapsed into the sea in 2013 after teetering on the cliff edge, sources say. She had her replacement home, the Old Coastguard House, demolished, and the home she moved into eight years ago is one of the three properties due to be demolished, according to reports. She moved into a static caravan lifted into her back garden using an 80-tonne crane last year, which she will continue to live in, as stated. In 2009, she bought a bungalow metres away from the cliff edge, but this was lost to the sea following a storm, sources indicate.
In addition, Nicola Bayless's house, Beacon House, is also being demolished over the next few days, as reported.