Southern North Sea marine area site packages
Get conservation advice on the impact of activity on a marine site and find out the status of advice using the interactive map.
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Use the interactive map attached to this page to find out the status of each marine advice package.
Packages marked ‘not yet available’ on the map have not been updated on the Designated Sites System but advice may still exist. These sites are not listed on this page.
You can search for all sites on the Designated Sites View site search. This will include links to any existing advice.
Advice packages are listed alphabetically.
Advice packages in the Southern North Sea
Alde, Ore and Butley Estuaries Special Area of Conservation (UK0030076) Formal
Alde Ore Estuary Special Protection Area (UK9009112) Formal
Benacre to Easton Bavents Lagoons Special Area of Conservation (UK0013104) Formal
Benfleet and Southend Marshes Special Protection Area (UK9009171) Formal
Blackwater, Crouch, Roach and Colne Estuaries Marine Conservation Zone (UKMCZ0003) Formal
Blackwater Estuary (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 4) Special Protection Area (UK9009245) Formal
Breydon Water Special Protection Area (UK9009181) Formal
Colne Estuary (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 2) Special Protection Area (UK9009243) Formal
Crouch and Roach Estuaries (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 3) Special Protection Area (UK9009244) Formal
Cromer Shoal Chalk Beds Marine Conservation Zone (UKMCZ0031) Draft
Deben Estuary Special Protection Area (UK9009261) Formal
Dengie (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 1) Special Protection Area (UK9009242) Formal
Essex Estuaries Special Area of Conservation (UK0013690) Formal
Foulness (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 5) Special Protection Area (UK9009246) Formal
Gibraltar Point Special Protection Area (UK9008022) Formal
Great Yarmouth North Denes Special Protection Area (UK9009271) Formal
Greater Wash Special Protection Area (UK9020329) Draft
Haisborough, Hammond and Winterton Special Area of Conservation (UK0030369) Formal
Hamford Water Special Protection Area (UK9009131) Formal
Holderness Inshore Marine Conservation Zone (UKMCZ0035) Draft
Humber Estuary Special Area of Conservation (UK0030170) Formal
Humber Estuary Special Protection Area (UK9006111) Formal
Inner Dowsing, Race Bank and North Ridge Special Area of Conservation (UK0030370) Formal
Kentish Knock East Marine Conservation Zone (UKMCZ0080) Draft
Margate and Long Sands Special Area of Conservation (UK0030371) Formal
Medway Estuary and Marshes Special Protection Area (UK9012031) Formal
Medway Estuary Marine Conservation Zone (UKMCZ0011) Formal
Minsmere-Walberswick Special Protection Area (UK9009101) Formal
North Norfolk Coast Special Area of Conservation (UK0019838) Formal
North Norfolk Coast Special Protection Area (UK9009031) Formal
Orford Inshore Marine Conservation Zone (UKMCZ0081) Draft
Orfordness – Shingle Street Special Area of Conservation (UK0014780) Formal
Outer Thames Estuary Special Protection Area (UK9020309) Formal
Stour and Orwell Estuaries Special Protection Area (UK9009121) Formal
Swanscombe Marine Conservation Zone (UKMCZ0073) Formal
Thames Estuary and Marshes Special Protection Area (UK9012021) Formal
Thanet Coast Marine Conservation Zone (UKMCZ0017) Formal
Thanet Coast Special Area of Conservation (UK0013107) Formal
The Swale Estuary Marine Conservation Zone (UKMCZ0041) Formal
The Swale Special Protection Area (UK9012011) Formal
The Wash and North Norfolk Coast Special Area of Conservation (UK0017075) Formal
The Wash Special Protection Area (UK9008021) Formal
Updates to this page
Last updated 21 March 2024 + show all updates
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Added new site with draft status - Orford Inshore Marine Conservation Zone (UKMCZ0081)
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Added new site with draft status - Greater Wash Special Protection Area.
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Change of status from 'draft' to 'formal' for Swanscombe MCZ. One new site added with 'draft' status: Kentish Knock East MCZ.
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New site added with 'draft' status: Swanscombe MCZ
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Change of status from 'draft' to 'formal' for Colne Estuary (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 2) SPA.
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Change of status from 'draft' to 'formal' for: Crouch and Roach Estuaries (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 3) SPA; Dengie (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 1) SPA; Foulness (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 5) SPA; Great Yarmouth North Denes SPA; Hamford Water SPA; Humber Estuary SAC; Humber Estuary SPA; Minsmere-Walberswick SPA; Outer Thames Estuary SPA; Thanet Coast SAC. Replaced map PDF with link to ArcGIS interactive map. Added new draft site: Colne Estuary (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 2) SPA.
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Map updated. 5 new draft sites added: Crouch and Roach Estuaries (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 3) SPA; Great Yarmouth North Denes SPA; Hamford Water SPA; Minsmere-Walberswick SPA; Outer Thames Estuary SPA. 4 sites changed status from 'draft' to 'formal': Benacre to Easton Bavents Lagoons; Breydon Water; Deben Estuary; Stour and Orwell Estuaries.
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New sites added: Benacre to Easton Bavents Lagoons SAC, Breydon Water SPA, Dengie (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 1) SPA and Thanet Coast SAC.
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Status of Thames Estuary and Marshes / the Swale Estuary changed from 'draft' to 'formal'. Haisborough, Hammond and Winterton / Inner Dowsing, Race Bank and North Ridge / Margate and Long Sands changed status from SCI to SAC. New draft sites Cromer Shoal Chalk Beds / Deben Estuary / Holderness Inshore and Stour / Orwell Estuaries added. Updated map.
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Map updated; 3 new sites added, 10 sites moved from draft to formal. 3 links changed to point to Designated Sites System.
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First published.