Soft Engineering Approaches

Cliff Regrading:

Reduces the angle of the cliff to make it stable and to enable vegetation to grow. It allows new access path and vegetation to grow making it stable.

Benefits:

• Allows new access path
• Reduces instability of cliff

Drawbacks:

• Not rapidly re-vegetated
• English nature prevented re-grassing

Planting Vegetation:

Plants are used to make cliff more stable. The roots hold the land together. 

Benefits:

• £20 - £50 per metre squared
• Natural looking

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