Aquaculture Marine Planning Zones

What is it: 

Article 5 of the Town and Country Planning (Marine Fish Farming) (Scotland) Order 2007 signals that marine waters are divided into marine planning zones. Article 5(1) designates the local authority which is to be the planning authority for the purposes of marine fish farming within a particular marine planning zone.

Links to Scotland's Marine Atlas: 
Chapter 5: Aquaculture
Data originators: 
Scottish Government (Marine Directorate)
This information page is part of the theme: 
Aquaculture
Fish farm - Copyright © Marine Scotland
More Information: 

The Order describes the marine planning zones by means of data stored on a CD-Rom. Copies of the CD-Rom are deposited with the planning authorities specified in the Schedule to the Order. 

The current marine planning zones extend out to 3 nautical miles, as set out in The Town and Country Planning (Marine Fish Farming) (Scotland) Order 2007 (legislation.gov.uk). Scottish Government are proposing that marine planning zones are extended out to 12 nautical miles to resolve a gap in aquaculture planning regulations. These proposals go through a public consultation which opened on 18th September 2024 and closes on 11th December 2024. 

You can respond to the consultation through Citizen Space at Extending marine planning zones: consultation - Scottish Government consultations - Citizen Space and view consultation information at Extending marine planning zones: consultation - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

The current marine planning zones and proposed marine planning zones extension to 12 nautical miles can be viewed as separate layers – see links below.

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Wednesday, September 18, 2024 - 16:52

Links and Resources

Map Type Click title for metadata and licence informationsort descending Date of data View Map
Map Layers (NMPi) Aquaculture - Planning Zones for Marine Fish Farming 2012-12-17 Access this map on NMPi
Map Layers (NMPi) Aquaculture - Proposed Extensions to Planning Zones for Marine Fish Farming - Illustrative (hidden below 1:50,000) - September 2024 2024-09-17 Access this map on NMPi