The Plan should be revised to forecast how climate change may alter land use planning requirements over the period of the plan and demonstrate how the Plan is sufficiently flexible to the changes which will occur albeit the timing of these changes are uncertain. As an example it is clear that some existing areas of housing in the Manhood Peninsular are very vulnerable to flooding due to storm surges. Climate change will bring an increasing risk of such events and some housing areas should be identified in the Plan for such displacement to take place

While the Plan recognises climate change there is no forecast scenario of what climate the Plan is designed to cater for either in 2039 or any intervening years.