Marine Management Organisation Marine Plan Areas
The 'Marine Plan Areas' are 11 sub-areas of the 'English inshore and offshore marine planning regions'. The marine plan authority (the Secretary of State in England) is responsible for preparing marine plans for these 11 plan areas with responsibility for plan development delegated to The Marine Management Organisation. The MMO may wish to make specific local modifications to boundaries if it is perceived that the proposed boundaries could lead to unnecessary difficulties with either the implementation of the Marine Policy Statement or the integration with planning and management mechanisms on land. The boundaries will be subject to stakeholder consultation through the Statement of Public Participation - a process undertaken at the start of plan making.
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MMO1500008
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urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4258
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2008-01-06
revision
2009-11-16
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2013-06-13
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creation
2009-06-18
Eastern Channel
creation
2009-06-18
Irish Sea
creation
2009-06-18
Southern North Sea
creation
2009-06-18
Northern North Sea
creation
2014-05-16
VIIh
creation
2014-05-16
VIIf
creation
2014-05-16
VIIg
creation
2014-05-16
VIIj2
creation
2014-05-16
IVc
creation
2014-05-16
VIIb
creation
2014-05-16
VIIa
creation
2014-05-16
IVb
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2014-05-16
VIa
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2014-05-16
VIIe
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2014-05-16
VIId
2009-06-17
2017-10-04
publication
2009-06-17
creation
2009-06-17
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2017-10-04
notPlanned
Using bio-geographical regions and administrative boundaries, English waters were divided into a number of offshore and inshore plan areas. The inshore areas extend to the 12 nautical mile limit and the offshore areas extend from the territorial sea limit to the UK Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Modifications of the marine plan areas were made in July 2010 following a public consultation (led by Defra in October 2009). Further modifications by the MMO are as follows: October 2010: to align the landward boundary with Ordnance Surveys Mean High Water (springs) definition (OS Boundary Line, May 2010). In England this OS definition follows Mean High Water rather than Mean High Water Springs, therefore it is not a definitive landward boundary and only acts as a proxy for the landward extent of the marine plan areas. July 2012: to align the outer offshore boundary with the UK Renewable Energy Zone, as per the guidance outlined in the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009. June 2014: to align the outer offshore boundary with the newly adopted UK Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Amendments were made following the Exclusive Economic Zone Order 2013 (2013 No. 3161). The most significant changes can be seen in the South West Offshore Plan Area. The North West marine plan area was divided into an inshore and offshore for the purposes of consistency with the other plan areas. A number of minor topographical corrections/improvements were also made. October 2017: to align the Solway Firth Marine Plan Area boundary in accordance with 'The Scottish Adjacent Waters Boundary Order 1999' Article 3, Schedule 1, Part 2, Solway Firth coordinate 6 (54° 56' 22"N, 03° 20' 48"W). Amended from (54° 56' 39"N, 03° 20' 48"W). Public response to consultation on the draft Marine Bill indicated that plan areas should be designated on bio-geographical regions rather than political boundaries and so plan boundaries are based on the regional reporting areas laid out in Charting Progress, Water Framework Directive regions, ICES proposed eco-regions, Natural England's Marine Natural Areas and Sea Fisheries Committee/IFCA regions. The 12-mile limit acts as the boundary between inshore and offshore plan areas. Planning areas are constrained by the borders with Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Vector data delineating the national borders, the 12-mile limit and the Charting Progress regions were merged to generate the regional boundaries. Dataset has been reviewed under the MMO quality assessment process.
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Marine Management Organisation
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Data/GIS Officer
Marine Management Organisation
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Marine Management Organisation
pointOfContact
2017-12-04