Marine Planning Issues with Supporting Evidence

Closes 10 Jan 2025

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Past Social

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 social 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

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:

  1. Click on ‘Choose file’
  2. Search your documents for the required evidence
  3. Click ‘open’ to upload the evidence
  4. 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. Defence: do you think the statement below is still an issue in the east marine plan areas?

Issue: The Ministry of Defence ensures facilities are not compromised by any form of development, creating competition for space both on and offshore with existing and future marine industries. 

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

Issue: The use of the east marine plan areas by a variety of sectors creates competition for space. Co-location and/or co-existence of some sectors with fisheries may be possible, however the spatial conflict on smaller industries must not be forgotten. 

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

Issue: Heritage assets provide potential opportunities for coastal tourism, where existing and/or newly discovered coastal site protection. However, the UK's marine heritage is relatively unknown by comparison with that on land but is equally threatened by natural and human processes.

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. Tourism and Recreation: do you think the statement below is still an issue in the east marine plan areas?

Issue: Tourism and recreation is an important part of the economy in the east marine plan areas, and is a key employer. There is a socio-economic need to protect, maintain and develop current tourism and recreation opportunities.  

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. Seascape and Landscape: do you think the statement below is still an issue in the east marine plan areas?

Issue: The Southern North Sea is a prospective area for the development of energy production (offshore wind, oil and gas) which may have implications for seascape, due to both coastal and offshore infrastructure development. 

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

Issue: Coastal communities within the east marine plan areas include some of the most deprived communities, many of which have seen declines in primary industries. Industry investment in deprived areas may present opportunities to tackle social and health inequalities. 

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