Draft Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy 2019: consultation analysis report

2 Overview of Respondents

2.1 Respondent Profiles

2.1.1 In total, 195 responses were received representing 84 organisations (Listed in Appendix C) and 362 individuals. The 195 responses included 192 standard (unique) consultation responses and three (3) non-standard (duplicate) responses.

2.1.2 Two responses classed as representing individuals represented multiple people. One (1) represented three (3) people. The other (a larger petition) represented 250 separate signatories but was only applicable to a single question (Question 1, SW1).

2.1.3 In two (2) cases, an individual has submitted two responses on behalf of two (2) different organisations. In these cases the submissions were treated as separate submissions. In addition, in one (1) instance an individual responded twice with one (1) response on behalf of another individual. These have similarly been treated as two (2) separate submissions.

2.1.4 On three (3) occasions individuals submitted multiple responses with the same e-mail address (similar sentiment although slightly different in wording). In these instances the responses were merged and treated as a single response.

2.1.5 In one (1) instance multiple responses were received from the same name (or derivatives of) but with different e-mail addresses. It is understood that these are separate individuals although, given similar wording, there is the potential that some or all of these responses should be counted as a single response. These responses (five (5) in number) have been treated as separate. This represents approximately 1% of the total respondents and is therefore not considered likely to influence the results significantly.

2.1.6 For analysis purposes, responses from organisational stakeholders were assigned to sub-groups and / or sectors (see Table 1) enabling analysis of the types of organisations that had responded to each of the five consultation documents.

2.2 Question Respondent Profile

2.2.1 The respondent profile for each question is shown in Table 2. The content of the responses is summarised in Sections 2.2.2 and 4.

2.2.2 Key themes that emerged from the responses to the questions are outlined below in Sections 2.2.2 and 4.