Aquaculture - Planning Zones for Marine Fish Farming - Illustrative - July 2025

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Marine planning zones set out the boundaries for local planning authorities responsibilities for planning controls of marine fish and shellfish farms in Scottish waters.

The Town and Country Planning (Marine Fish Farming) (Scotland) Order 2007 as amended by The Town and Country Planning (Marine Fish Farming) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2025 describes marine planning zone boundaries for each designated planning authority.

Please note that for simplicity, this illustrative layer might contain planar lines (straight lines derived on the British National Grid Co-ordinate Reference System) in place of loxodromic lines (lines of constant bearing).

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