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Evidence and Issues Report for the East Inshore and East Offshore marine plan areas

The final Evidence and Issues Report 2012 was published on 7 February 2012 following the consultation on the draft verison of the report between 24 November 2011 and 10 January 2012. We would like to thank everyone who provided feedback and comments, which we have taken into consideration and amended the report where appropriate.

The report looks at the data we are using to inform our marine planning decisions, and also highlights issues and opportunities for a range of marine activities. The report includes:

  • the evidence we are taking account of in marine planning
  • our assessment of the evidence
  • interactions between marine sectors and options for co-location
  • emerging issues we need to take account of in marine planning.

The report also includes the Sustainability Appraisal (SA) Scoping Report formal consultation (required under the Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive). We have combined the SA scoping requirements with the other material in the report to reduce the number of documents at this stage in the marine planning process.

We have amended figure 4.2 in the Overview Report and Chapter 4: Key activities to remove radar coverage layer from the Defence and national security activity map.


We have produced a short summary of consultation responses (PDF 61 KB). The report provides an overview of the responses we received to five specific questions we asked through the consultation.

The report is underpinned by a range of documents and other information sources. Please contact us at planning@marinemanagement.org.uk if you would like to talk to us about the following areas of the report:

  • data collation and analysis
  • futures analysis
  • sub-national planning authority plans and policy analysis
  • shoreline management plan (SMP) and river basin management plan (RBMP) analysis.

Specific sources commissioned or brought together by us include the Marine Planning Portal, the Socio-economic study, our Strategic Scoping Report and the Statement of Public Participation.

Contact information

Marine Planning Team
Marine Management Organisation
PO Box 1275
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE99 5BN

Tel: 0191 376 2790
Email: planning@
marinemanagement.org.uk

Stakeholder engagement

We are currently discussing and consulting on the draft plan objectives and vision for the East Inshore and East Offshore marine plan areas. We will also be holding a series of drop-in sessions for members of the public from Monday 13 February to Thursday 23 February. The aim of these sessions is to inform people about marine planning and gain an understanding of what the public's issues are in relation to the marine area.

We held workshops in December 2011 in Norwich, Hull and Peterborough as part of consultation for the report. The workshops were well attended with over 145 stakeholders joining the MMO over the three days along the East Coast of England. Read a summary of the workshops (PDF 65 KB).