The North West Marine Plans Documents
Published June 2021 the North West Inshore and North West Offshore Marine Plans provides guidance for sustainable development from the border with Scotland to the border with Wales.
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Marine plans address the key issues for the area, setting a vision and objectives. Detailed policies set out how these will be achieved and how issues will be managed or mitigated. The policies inform decision-making for any activity or development which is in or impacts on a marine area.
Our Explore Marine Plans tool supports decision-makers and applicants using the North West Marine Plans. It includes an overview of each plan policy by sector and a searchable map of relating data and evidence.
In developing the North West Inshore and Offshore Marine Plans we have also published:
- habitats regulations assessment
- sustainability appraisal
- approach to monitoring
- modification report
Marine plans place sustainability at the centre of all decisions.
The Sustainability Appraisal (SA) provides an independent assessment of economic, social and environmental sustainability.
Public consultation on the Draft North West Marine Plans and Draft Technical Annex was held between the 14 January 2020 and the 20 April 2020.
Following this consultation in accordance with the Marine and Coastal Access Act (S15 (7)), the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) are required to publish statements detailing any modifications made to the consultation draft and the reasons for the modifications. The north west plan areas Statement of Public Participation describes how the MMO will analyse all responses to the consultation and produce a summary report setting out comments received, and changes made to the plans as a result.
The purpose of this document is to summarise:
- engagement process on the consultation draft
- responses received, provide an overview of the levels of agreement with the plans supporting sustainable development and compliance with the Statement of Public Participation
- changes made from the consultation draft to the North West Marine Plans and Technical Annex