East Marine Plan Statement of Public Participation
Feedback updated 22 Apr 2024
We asked
To start the process of replacing the East Marine Plans, as agreed by the Secretary of State in April 2023, and approval to consult on the East Marine Plan Draft Statemnet of Public Particiaption. The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) held a formal consultation between 15 January 2024 and 12 February 2024.
Four engagement events were held during the consultation period, which were attended by a wide range of stakeholders from various sectors.
You said
The consensus from the consultation was that the Statement of Public Particiaption generally meets the requirements of stakeholders. No changes were required to the Draft East Marine Plan Statement of Public Participation directly however, minor changes have been made to the corresponding gov.uk webpages to reflect the representations made by stakeholders.
We did
Following the consultation on the East Marine Plan Draft Statement of Public Participation, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has agreed to publish the East Marine Plan Statement of Public Participation.
You can review the East marine Plan Statement of Public Participation and learn more about the process of replacing the East Marine Plan on the marine planning webpages.
Overview
To start the process of replacing the East Inshore and East Offshore Marine Plans, the Marine Planning Team invites those interested to have their say in the East Marine Plan Statement of Public Participation consultation.
The Sectary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) agreed with the Marine Management Organisations (MMO) recommendation made in 2022 to replace the East Marine Plans. The MMO and Defra will work together to develop the process to replace the East Marine Plans, including consultation with stakeholders at each appropriate stage.
Statement of Public Participation:
Why your views matter
The Statement of Public Participation ensures that the marine planning process is transparent, and that stakeholders understand how they can be involved to influence a marine plan’s development. It sets out how, when, and why we will engage throughout the process of replacing the East Marine Plans.
It is important that all those with an interest in the UK’s marine environment can have their say in the process to replace the East Marine Plans and contribute to shaping the east marine plan areas’ seas and coast. Find out more about the Statement of Public Participation here.
Please respond via this online survey setting out your comments with any amendments.
This consultation will be available online from 15 January 2024, closing on 12 February 2024.
Get involved
As part of our commitment to engage stakeholders, we are hosting three in-person events and an online webinar to increase the opportunities to engage in the process. A recording will be posted on our website so all those with an interest can get involved.
The events will explain the evolution of marine planning since the adoption of the East Marine Plans. We will inform you about the new East Marine Plan process and the East Marine Plan Statement of Public Participation (SPP) consultation. The SPP includes details on how, when and with whom we will engage throughout the marine planning process.
To find out more and to register please see below for an event in your area:
18 January 2024, 14:00 – 15:30, Online webinar - A recording will be available for those that were unable to attend.
https://east-marine-plan-launch-event-webinar.eventbrite.co.uk
23 January 2024, 9:30 – 11:30, Great Yarmouth Town Hall
https://east-marine-plan-launch-event-great-yarmouth.eventbrite.co.uk
23 January 2024, 15:00 – 17:00, White Hart Hotel – Boston
https://east-marine-plan-launch-event-boston.eventbrite.co.uk
24 January 2024, 14:00 – 16:00, Bridlington Spa – Bridlington
https://east-marine-plan-launch-event-bridlington.eventbrite.co.uk/
Audiences
- Water/water Industry sector
- Abattoir Operator
- Aggregates sector
- Agricultural Landlords
- Agricultural Valuers
- All Defra staff and ALBs
- All Marine Users
- Angling Organisations and Trade
- Animal welfare campaigners
- AWBs
- Beach Users
- Business/Private Sector
- Charities/Voluntary Organisations
- Coastal local authorities
- Coastal Management sector
- Coastal Members of Parliament
- Commercial Fisheries Organisations
- Consultants
- Consumer Groups
- Devolved Administrations
- Electrical re-use organisations
- Employment Agencies
- Energy sector
- Energy suppliers
- Environmental campaigners
- Environmental Health Officers
- Environmental professional services
- Estate Agents
- Families
- Farmers
- Fisheries Producer Organisations
- Fishermen
- Fishing Focus individual recipients
- Fishing Industry
- Fishing Industry
- Food Business Operators
- Food Industry
- Government Agencies
- Government Departments
- Horse riders
- Horticulture Industry
- House Building Industry
- Households
- IFCAs
- Industries and professional services
- Insurance industry
- Land Agents
- Landowners and their representative bodies
- Legal and Conveyancing Professions
- Leisure industry
- Licensed Gangmasters
- Livestock show ground operators
- Local Authorities
- Local Authorities
- Manufacturers of livestock identifiers
- Manufacturing Industry
- Member of the General Public
- National Park Authorities
- Non-Government Organisation
- Non-Household Customers
- Operators of animal gatherings
- Pet Carriers
- Pet Interest Groups
- Pet Owners
- Policy Teams
- Ports and Harbour Authorities and Estuaries
- Producer Compliance Schemes
- Professional and Membership Organisations/Agencies
- Property Management
- Public Bodies
- Recreation sector
- Retail Industry
- Shellfish Cultivators
- SME businesses
- Stakeholders
- Students
- Tenant Farmers
- Tourism industry
- Trade Unions
- Trading Standards Officers
- Transport Organisations
- Veterinarians
- Vets
- Walkers
- Waste Management Companies
- Waste Producers and Handlers
- Water Abstractors
- Water suppliers
- WEEE Treatment Facilities
Interests
- Aarhus Convention
- Access to countryside and coast
- Air pollution
- Air quality
- Animal diseases
- Animal welfare
- Animals
- Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty
- Bathing waters
- Bee health
- Biodiversity
- Cattle
- Chemicals and pesticides
- Circus animals
- Climate change
- Common Agricultural Reform (CAP)
- Common Fisheries Policy
- Common land
- Conservation
- Conservation
- Construction
- Consultations
- Cross compliance
- Dairy industry
- Dangerous and wild animals
- Dangerous dogs
- Deforestation
- DEFRA Policy
- Domestic Waste Water Systems
- Ecosystems services
- Egg industry
- Environmental Stewardship
- Farm management
- Fish stocks
- Flood emergency
- Flood insurance
- Flooding
- Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases
- Food and drink exports
- Food imports
- Food labelling
- Food standards
- Forestry
- Forestry
- Genetic Modification (GM)
- Green economy
- Green infrastructure
- Growing and crops
- Holiday Accommodation
- Horses
- House Building and Planning
- Hunting with dogs
- Illegal logging
- Impact Assessments
- Industry organisations representing tenant farmers and landlords
- Inland waterways
- Inland waterways
- Land management
- Livestock disease control
- Livestock identification and movement
- Local environments
- Local nature partnerships
- Marine
- Marine Conservation
- Marine Conservation Zones
- Marine fisheries
- Marine licensing
- Meat Industry
- National Adaptation Programme
- National Parks
- Natural environment
- Nature reserves
- Nitrates and watercourses
- Noise
- Non-native species
- Ozone
- Palm oil
- Peat
- Pet Health
- Pet Ownership
- Pet Travel
- Pets
- Pigs
- Plants
- Policy and Delivery
- Pollution Sector
- Poultry
- Poultry industry
- Protected food names
- Protecting pets from cruelty
- Protecting wildlife
- Quarantine
- Recreational sector
- Resource Efficiency
- Retailers
- Rural broadband
- Rural Development Programme for England
- Rural economy and communities
- Rural grants and funding
- Rural Properties
- Science
- Sea angling
- Sewerage
- Sheep and goats
- Sheep, goat and deer production/marketing
- Shellfish
- Shellfish
- Single Payment Scheme (SPS)
- Skills, education, training and new entrants
- Soil
- Solicitors specialising in agricultural law
- Sustainable development
- Towns and village greens
- Travelling with pets
- Tree and plant health
- Uplands
- Waste and recycling
- Water Abstraction
- Water Act
- Water Bill
- Water conservation
- Water Industry charging
- Water Industry licencing
- Water quality
- Watercourse maintenance
- Whales and dolphins
- Wildlife crime
- Wildlife management
- Wine industry
- Zoos
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