Guidance
East Marine Plan Scoping Report
The Sustainability Appraisal (SA) provides an independent assessment of economic, social and environmental sustainability.
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The Scoping Report is the first formal output of the SA process. It provides baseline information on the environmental, social and economic characteristics of the east inshore and offshore marine plan areas, including the likely evolution of the baseline without the East Marine Plan. It also sets out the proposed methodology for taking a natural capital approach to SA, which is the first time this approach has been taken for a SA of an English marine plan. It sets the framework and approach for the SA process and explains how the SA will be undertaken during the following stages of appraisal.
Accompanying the scoping report is:
- A series of report cards which provide a more accessible way of interpreting the findings of the SA scoping process. Expert judgement has been used to determine which elements of the baseline/issues have been included on the report cards.
Available upon request:
- A fully searchable SA baseline database which includes information that can help to characterise the plan areas, identify impacts upon receptors, legislative and policy targets and objectives that should be met, issues that have been identified for each sub-topic, and also identifies known data gaps.
Updates to this page
Published 9 April 2025