Marine Planning Issues with Supporting Evidence - Past Environment - Defra

Past Environment

Within this section, we are referring to the issues identified during plan development for the first East Inshore and Offshore Marine Plans, published in 2014. These were developed between 2012 and 2014 by collaborating with interested stakeholders, informed by national policy, technical data collation and sub-national plans and policies. We are keen to understand if these issues remain of significance within the marine environment, or if there have been notable contextual changes since then.

The report for the issues and evidence identified in 2014, can be found on our government webpage here. The past issues identified for the environment theme group have been summarised in the survey questions below.

Please note: the questions are not compulsory, if you do not wish to respond please leave them blank.

How to Upload Evidence How to Upload Evidence

Each survey question provides you with an opportunity to upload any supporting evidence you are aware of / hold to support the issues discussed.

Files uploaded must be under 25 MB.
You can only upload one file per survey question.
If you require several pieces of evidence to be uploaded, please link to the available evidence within a word document and upload that.

To upload this evidence:

Click on ‘Choose file’
Search your documents for the required evidence
Click ‘open’ to upload the evidence
The document will appear to the right of the ‘choose file’ button once uploaded

To re-submit evidence, please click ‘clear file’ and follow the process above to re-upload.

If you have any queries, please email: planning@marinemanagement.org.uk

1. Air Quality: do you think the statement below is still an issue in the east marine plan areas?

Issue: The east marine plan areas contain some of the world's busiest shipping regions, creating air quality challenges, owing to the significant emissions of both particulate matter and gases.

Yes No

If this is no longer an issue, please explain why:

There is a limit of 800 characters

If you have any evidence to support this issue or your comments, please attach it here.

Please make sure your file is under 25MB

2. Climate Change: do you think the statement below is still an issue in the east marine plan areas?

Issue: There is an opportunity to identify, promote and plan for more low carbon industry, such as production of low carbon goods or services. This may also provide new jobs and businesses.

Yes No

If this is no longer an issue, please explain why:

There is a limit of 800 characters

If you have any evidence to support this issue or your comments, please attach it here.

Please make sure your file is under 25MB

3. Disturbance: do you think the statement below is still an issue in the east marine plan areas?

Issue: The increasing level of marine activities (offshore developments, commercial fishing and recreation) can cause habitat disturbance and have negative impacts on marine ecosystems and benthic habitats.

Yes No

If this is no longer an issue, please explain why:

There is a limit of 800 characters

If you have any evidence to support this issue or your comments, please attach it here.

Please make sure your file is under 25MB

4. Invasive Non-Native Species: do you think the statement below is still an issue in the east marine plan areas?

Issue: The spread of non-native species may be accentuated by climate change, which will result in impacts on the marine ecosystem (both positive and negative).

Yes No

If this is no longer an issue, please explain why:

There is a limit of 800 characters

If you have any evidence to support this issue or your comments, please attach it here.

Please make sure your file is under 25MB

5. Underwater Noise: do you think the statement below is still an issue in the east marine plan areas?

Issue: A number of activities generate marine noise, including shipping, oil and gas exploration and production, and offshore wind development. Underwater noise can have negative impacts on marine organisms, especially marine mammals.

Yes No

If this is no longer an issue, please explain why:

There is a limit of 800 characters

If you have any evidence to support this issue or your comments, please attach it here.

Please make sure your file is under 25MB

6. Marine Protected Areas: do you think the statement below is still an issue in the east marine plan areas?

Issue: The designation of new conservation sites is likely to result in spatial competition and displacement with existing marine activities. The implications of this are likely to be a key issue for marine planning.

Yes No

If this is no longer an issue, please explain why:

There is a limit of 800 characters

If you have any evidence to support this issue or your comments, please attach it here.

Please make sure your file is under 25MB

7. Water Quality: do you think the statement below is still an issue in the east marine plan areas?

Issue: Water quality is below the UK Environmental Quality Standards across the east marine plan areas due to increasing anthropogenic pressures. The inshore, coastal and estuarine areas are at particular risk of being exposed to pollution in the future.

Yes No

If this is no longer an issue, please explain why:

There is a limit of 800 characters

If you have any evidence to support this issue or your comments, please attach it here.

Please make sure your file is under 25MB