Pilot Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Marine Spatial Plan. Summary.
A short summary of the work undertaken to develop the pilot Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Marine Spatial Plan.
Sectoral Policies
The Sectoral Policies are designed to support the sustainable development and management of specific sectors and are relevant to the determination of authorisation or enforcement decisions for a particular type of development or activity.
General Policies Contained In The Pilot PFOW Marine Spatial Plan
1A Sustainable development
1B Supporting sustainable social and economic benefits
1C Safeguarding the marine ecosystem
2 The well-being, quality of life and amenity of coastal communities
3 Climate change
4A Nature conservation designations
4B Protected species
4C Wider biodiversity
4D Landscape and seascape
4E Geodiversity
5A Water environment
5B Coastal processes and flooding
6 Historic environment
7 Integrating coastal and marine development
8A Noise
8B Waste and marine litter
9 Invasive non-native species
Sectoral Policies Contained In The Pilot PFOW Marine Spatial Plan
1. Commercial fisheries
2. Aquaculture
3. Oil and gas
4. Renewable energy generation
5. Recreation, sport, leisure and tourism
6. Marine transport
7. Ports, harbours and dredging
8. Pipelines, electricity and telecommunications infrastructure
9. Marine aggregates
10. Defence
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