MMO Marine Planning - Solway Mel Nicholls 2 November 2018

UK Marine Planning Authorities Marine Scotland Dept. of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Northern Ireland Marine Management Organisation (MMO) Welsh Government

Developing new plan areas NE, SE, SW, NW developed concurrently Publish all by 2021* Iterative approach- Iteration 3, Summer 2018 – Spring 2019 NE As per slide * Adoption by 2021. Aim for June 2020 for contingency, or any Independent Investigation if required

Marine planning cycle Iterations

Possible Responses to prevent the issue WE WILL DEAL WITH THESE IN OPTIONS Possible Responses to Mitigate or compensate for the issue WE WILL DEAL WITH THESE IN OPTIONS Causes: Think about Key Drivers Activities Pressures Effect: What is the impact of the issue? Issue An issue can be broken down in to causes and effects, both aspects have component parts (as illustrated above). Marine planning has the potential to intervene in either the cause or the effect or both (depending on the issue). Cause/effect relationships are cyclical. The chain doesn’t end with effects, the effects one issue can be the cause of another. Understanding the relationship will allow us to target policy Talk through the bow tie aspects (the components are defined in later slides)

Policy Options All options taken out to stakeholders for review Both Online and in workshops 11 workshops, 381 participants 1030 responses in online survey 323 comments on Options, 28 on Vision Options analysed using: Stakeholder comments Evidence gathered Sustainably Assessments. Final policy options taken forward to address issues in Iteration 3. Whitehaven (24) and Liverpool (26)

Draft NW marine plan area Vision 2041 ‘Beautiful, Energetic and Proud’ Growth and variety of the energy generation industry… Effective transboundary cooperation… …sustainable growth in marine infrastructure… facilitating expansion of … eg… fisheries, access, ports & harbours, tourism … without jeopardising designated sites. … a safe haven for birds and other species …resilience to the impacts of climate change. DRAFT. Beautiful, Energetic and… Intertwined Strong tidal range SW Scotland Regional Marine Plan.