The Slapton Line Partnership is calling on the public for suggestions to help protect the Slapton Line from lowering beach levels and storm damage.

Any ideas will form part of a major local public consultation to be held in July.

The SLP, a group of organisations jointly responsible for managing the fragile shingle bar, is working on a beach management plan which will identify and assess all the potential defence options.

Alan Denbigh, from the Slapton Line Partnership, said: “We would like to hear from people who have ideas and suggestions about maintaining the integrity of the Slapton Line and the A379 road which runs along it.

“Even though we have expert engineers working with us on the project, it’s very important that the views and suggestions of local residents are considered.”

Dan Field, senior specialist in engineering at South Hams District Council, said: “It may be that people have seen solutions in other parts of the country or even in other parts of the world that they would like to be considered. All ideas will then be reviewed against engineering principles.”

The public are invited to a workshop event, where the ideas can be put forward and discussed, on Tuesday, July 25 at Stokenham village hall between 3pm and 7pm.

For further information about the Slapton Line Partnership, visit www.slaptonline.org.