Scottish Crown Estate strategic management plan: partial BRIA
How the draft plan may impact on business (including the third sector) and regulation.
Summary and recommendation
Summary
The draft objectives, priorities and policies in the draft Strategic Management Plan are set out above on pages 3 to 5. These have been grouped into three different themes and various options have been identified. A summary of the options follows with recommendations outlined at the end of this section.
Theme 1 – Delivering Benefits and Realising Opportunities
Summary of key criteria and assessment of each option
The options are ranked ‘low, medium or high’ in terms of their ability to meet the criteria:
| Criteria | Option 1 – Pursue new opportunities to enhance the value and revenue of the Scottish Crown Estate and wider benefits outlined in Strategic Management Plan | Option 2 – Maintain the current structure/content of the Scottish Crown Estate and current pattern of investment | Option 3 – To go significantly beyond option 1 by focusing investment to an even greater extent on the new opportunities that would be delivered under objectives, priorities and policies in the Strategic Management Plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Maximise opportunity to increase return to estate (both commercial and public good) | High |
Low |
High |
| 2. Maximise flexibility to adapt to changing context (e.g. new opportunities may require purchasing new assets or selling existing ones) | High |
Low |
High |
| 3. Ensure adequate funds available for all parts of the estate | High |
Low |
Low |
Theme 2 – How the Scottish Crown Estate assets are managed
Summary of key criteria and assessment of each option
The options are ranked ‘low, medium or high’ in terms of their ability to meet the criteria:
| Criteria | Option 1 – Retain management of all Scottish Crown Estate assets at the national level | Option 2 – Devolve management of all assets to local authorities, community organisations or Scottish harbour authorities | Option 3 – Different levels of control based on the diversity of the Scottish Crown Estate with the manager of the asset to be decided on a case-by-case basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Administration costs (whether likely to be higher/lower relative to baseline | Low or zero |
High |
Medium |
| 2. Ability to share risk across portfolio of assets (opportunities to offset short-term losses on assets) | High |
Low |
High |
| 3. Opportunity to take advantage of synergies across assets (this could be phrased as economies of scope) | High |
Low |
High |
| 4. Opportunity for local influence | Medium |
High |
High |
| 5. Opportunity to focus on individual asset/s and use local knowledge | Medium |
High |
High |
| 6. Maximise opportunity to keep seabed unfragmented | High |
Low |
High |
Theme 3 – Guidance
Summary of key criteria and assessment of each option
The options are ranked ‘low, medium or high’ in terms of their ability to meet the criteria:
| Criteria | Option 1 - Scottish Ministers develop guidance or directions for a manager of a Scottish Crown Estate asset that is tailored to the Scottish Crown Estate and aligns with the Scottish Government’s Purpose and the National Performance Framework | Option 2 - Scottish Ministers do not produce specific directions or guidance for a manager of a Scottish Crown Estate asset using the powers under sections 37 and 38 of the Scottish Crown Estate Act 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Alignment with Scottish Government objectives | High |
Low |
| 2. Administrative costs | Higher in short term |
Lower in short term but higher in medium and long term |
| 3. Maximise flexibility – ability of estate managers to respond to changing context | High |
High |
Recommendations
The following options are preferred:
| Theme | Preferred Option |
|---|---|
| 1. Delivering Benefits and Realising Opportunities | Option 1: Pursue new opportunities to enhance the value and revenue of the estate and wider benefits outlined in the Strategic Management Plan. |
| 2. How the Scottish Crown Estate assets are managed | Option 3: There will be different levels of control based on the diversity of the Scottish Crown Estate with the manager of the asset to be decided on a case-by-case basis. |
| 3. Guidance | Option 1: Scottish Ministers develop guidance or directions for a manager of a Scottish Crown Estate asset that is tailored to the Scottish Crown Estate and aligns with the Scottish Government’s Purpose and the National Performance Framework. |
Contact
Email: nikki.milne@gov.scot
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