Policy paper

The marine planning system for England

A description of the marine planning system in England for the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) and other interested organisations and persons.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 1 March 2011

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Documents

A description of the marine planning system for England

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The following themes on the marine planning system are considered:

• its general purpose and benefits
• its scope, context, structure and implementation
• roles and responsibilities within the marine planning system
• the interaction between terrestrial and marine planning systems
• decision making in Marine Plan areas and the transitional arrangements for decision making until the marine planning system has been fully implemented across the whole of England‘s marine area

Published 1 March 2011