Planning for the Severn Estuary Across Boundaries

Workshop Jim Claydon & Emmalene Gottwald

Planning for a Cross-border Estuary

Emmalene Gottwald Senior Planning Advisor, WWF-UK 21 June 2010

The Association of Severn Estuary Relevant Authorities (ASERA)

Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009

• • • UK Marine Policy Statement (MPS) (Part 3, Ch 1) – England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland – Formal adoption by April 2011 Marine Planning Regions (s49) – English Inshore – English Offshore – Welsh Inshore – Welsh Offshore Marine plan authority may prepare marine plan for marine plan area within its marine planning region

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Marine Planning - England

MMO formally established 1 April 2010 Defra consultation on marine plan areas within the English Inshore and Offshore Marine Regions June/July – announcement re areas and consultation on draft MPS and marine planning guidance Timing – 2 marine plans every 2 years, taking 24-30 months each Devon & Severn IFCA to be established Defra Consultation - establishing IFC districts and Authorities

Draft English Marine Planning Regions

IFCA Districts & Authorities

Marine Planning - Wales

• • • Welsh Ministers – WAG Marine Planning Team – WAG Fisheries Unit National Marine Plan – Inshore & Offshore – With area specific planning due to level and complexity of activity – ‘activity hotspots’ – Sub-division of inshore region Timing – developed over next 2-3 years

Working Together

• • • • • Duty on MMO to exercise functions in a manner that is consistent and co-ordinated Duty to give notice to related planning authorities Duty for marine plans for related marine plan areas to be compatible MMO Framework Document – MMO to work closely with devolved administrations where responsibility for adjacent sea areas, joined up approach – WAG can ask MMO to undertake functions on its behalf Formal Agreement - Concordat (agreed 2010?)

Challenges

• • • • • • • • Achieving a robust and strategic MPS signed by all UK administrations Different and multiple authorities – Planning – Fisheries management – Licensing Scale of marine planning – National vs regional Timing – coordination Formal agreement for joint planning – concordat?

Effective stakeholder engagement or consultation fatigue?

Affect on achieving sustainable development and ecosystem based management?

Role for the Severn Estuary Partnership – facilitation, coordination

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