The coastal protection service charge (CPSC) is a charge that councils can levy on a parcel of rateable land where either the current or previous owner has voluntarily:
- constructed or contributed to the cost of constructing long-term coastal protection works, such as seawalls, that benefit the land, or
- agreed to pay the charge relating to works that existed prior to the commencement of the Local Government Act 1993 amendments that introduced this charge.
The CPSC covers councils’ reasonable costs of providing coastal protection services to the land on which the charge is levied. The CPSC will provide for maintaining and repairing the works and mitigating any impacts (such as replacement of eroded beach sand).