Post on 19-Apr-2020
THANK YOU
This is an exciting year we are implementing the Marine and Coastal Access Act a major milestone and achievement.
Your Association has and is helping us put in place a marine planning system that is informed and shaped by the people who have a direct interest in how it works.
Marine Planning System : opportunity or challenge?
Why does the Marine Policy Statement matter?
What will marine planning mean for you?
What are the opportunities ahead?
What are the potential challenges?
What is the reform of the licensing system and what will it mean?
The Marine Policy Statement will be the overarching policy framework for the UK marine area
Marine Plans will translate the Marine Policy Statement into detailed policy and spatial guidance for each Marine Plan area
Marine Licensing decisions will be taken in accordance with the Marine Policy Statement and Marine Plans
Building blocks of the new system
Differences and improvements.
Clarity - Decisions about priority use of our seas visible to all.
Certainty - Set in statute so with agreement and engagement of all parties in its development.
Consistency - Marine Policy Statement and marine plans apply to all public bodies taking decisions that affect our seas and they have conform.
Wide-ranging policy objectives
The breadth of the MPS reflects the range of activities taking place in our seas
Nature conservation
Defence and national security
Energy infrastructure development
Offshore oil and gas exploration and production
Offshore wind
Tidal range, tidal stream and wave
Offshore electricity networks
Ports and shipping
Carbon dioxide capture and storage
Marine aggregates
Telecommunications cabling
Fisheries
Aquaculture
Waste water treatment & disposal
Climate change adaptation
Heritage
Tourism & recreation
What the MPS isn t....
Does not list every activity taking place in the UK marine area The aim is to ensure a consistent approach across the UK
where required, not to list every possible activity
Does not say which activities should take priority in each administration, or in particular areas The aim is to provide a framework for marine planning. The
MPS identifies activities to which a degree of priority is expected to be attached.
Does not provide a flow chart for decision making Processes and organisations will vary across the UK
administrations. Marine planning will focus on identifying activities which can co-exist wherever possible
So what next?
Formal consultation: aiming for July 2010. Will reflect the comments received during the pre-consultation process
Aiming to issue it alongside a consultation on the marine planning system setting out what it means for everyone
Parliamentary scrutiny in the Autumn
final adoption spring 2011
The MPS will be will with us for a long time
Marine Plans will...
Translate policies in the MPS into more detail at a local level and inform local priorities
Define a vision for the use of marine resources in an area and the shape the licensing decisions need to achieve that vision
Plans developed with open engagement, working closely with stakeholders throughout the process
Crucial that the shellfish industry engages the
MMO in their development.
North East Offshore
East Offshore
South Offshore
South West Offshore
North West
North East Inshore
East Inshore
South East Inshore
South Inshore Central
South Inshore
South West Inshore
West Inshorewww.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/marine-plan/index.htm
Marine Plan areas
MMO to begin planning in the first two areas from spring 2011
Defra will need to:Provide the MMO with the conclusions of the consultation on the marine plan areas
Describe the new landscape for marine planning consultation in summer 2010 on guidance on the marine planning system
The MMO will need to:Select the first marine plan areas and publish their timetable, scoping and research
Refine the marine planning system
Making it happen in England
Marine & Coastal Access Act will enable the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) to deliver a more streamlined, transparent and effective marine licensing system
Individual licensing decisions will be in accordance with Marine Plans and the MPS.
The MMO will have access to a wider range of enforcement tools for more proportionate enforcement levelling the playing field for compliant businesses
What about Marine Licensing?
What s changing for licensing?
The MMO is responsible for marine consenting under
FEPA and CPA as from April 2010
This includes related consents for energy works and
Harbours currently issued by other Government
Departments
Both FEPA and CPA will be replaced with a new marine
licence under the MCA Act from spring 2011 (public
consultation in July 2010)
What s new? Key features of the new system
A reduction of the number of consents needed, processes and bodies involved
Decisions will be made in line with the Marine Policy Statement (and marine plans) when published
Marine licences will cover the entire life of the development, enabling redundant structures to be removed safely
For the first time, there will be a transparent appeal mechanismagainst licensing decisions to an independent body
There will be a wider range of more proportionate enforcement tools available to protect the environment and make safe navigational hazards
Summer 2010Formal consultations on the draft MPS, marine planning system, and the process of marine licensing
Autumn 2010Conclusions to licensing and planning consultation and parliamentary scrutiny for the MPS.
Spring 2011Final MPS published and adoptedMMO to begin planning in two marine areasNew marine licensing processes introduced
Summary timetable
We are all in the dock ....
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