12 Nov 2024

Scotland adopted its first National Marine Plan in 2015, with the aim of helping to manage the use of Scotland’s seas in a sustainable way. In 2022 work began to create an updated national marine plan, to better reflect how the sea is currently being used, and to plan for its continued and sustainable future […]

02 Nov 2021

Defra – MMO  ‘Introduction This is the second six-year report, updating on progress with marine plans in England. The first was published on 5 November 2015 covering the period 2009 to 2015. It fulfils a reporting requirement set out in Section 61(1)(c) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, (the Act). Marine plans provide […]

30 Dec 2020

Welsh Marine Planning News – includes articles and links to – Welsh National Marine Plan (WNMP) and implementation guidance – five recorded webinars – the publication of a Monitoring and Reporting (M&R) Framework – marine consenting, renewables and licence determinations – sector location guidance – new report on mitigation and compensation – stakeholder engagement – […]

08 Dec 2020

Business Green: Cecilia Keating   ‘Offshore Wind Evidence and Change Programme will run for five years and explore how the seabed can best be protected as the UK’s offshore wind boom continues. The government and Crown Estate have announced they are to work together to protect the marine environment as offshore wind project construction booms in […]

08 Dec 2020

Thanks to Natasha Bradshaw for passing this on. EU: Maritime Spatial Planning has a clear objective. The objective of ensuring that the largest number of stakeholders depending on the maritime space are allowed to perform their activities in a fair, sustainable, and collaborative way. It ensures the coexistence between human activities and the protection of […]

17 Nov 2020

NGOs send letter to the Prime Minister ‘Dear Prime Minister We support your ambition for large-scale expansion of offshore renewable energy generation but— in the context of a climate and nature emergency—it is vital this does not happen at the expense of our marine environment. Climate and nature must be prioritised in the future uses […]