1262720Updated by FeedsNodeProcessor100020654nmpilayerund1603881220175406255800175406255856<p>The Sectoral Marine Plan aims to identify the most sustainable plan options for the future development of commercial-scale offshore wind energy in Scotland, including deep water wind technologies and covers both Scottish inshore and offshore waters (extending out to the Exclusive Economic Zone limit).</p> <p>The Sectoral Marine seeks to contribute to the achievement of Scottish and UK energy and climate change policy objectives and targets, through the provision of a spatial strategy to inform the seabed leasing process for commercial offshore wind energy in Scottish waters, which:</p> <ul> <li>Minimises the potential adverse effects on other marine users, economic sectors and the environment resulting from further commercial-scale offshore wind development; and</li> <li>Maximises opportunities for economic development, investment and employment in Scotland, by identifying new opportunities for commercial scale offshore wind development, including deeper water wind technologies.</li> </ul> <p>The Plan Options provide the spatial footprint for this Sectoral Marine Plan.</p> <p>A draft updated Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy (SMP-OWE) was published in 2025, which presents an updated planning framework for ScotWind sites as a result of the Iterative Plan Review process established in the SMP-OWE (2020). Scottish Ministers concluded, as part of the Iterative Plan Review, that the SMP-OWE needed to be updated and re-assessed following the ScotWind leasing award by Crown Estate Scotland. Click for&nbsp;<a href="https://www.gov.scot/publications/draft-updated-sectoral-marine-plan-offshore-wind-energy-2025/pages/1/">more information on the draft updated Plan</a>.&nbsp;</p>

filtered_html<p>The Sectoral Marine Plan aims to identify the most sustainable plan options for the future development of commercial-scale offshore wind energy in Scotland, including deep water wind technologies and covers both Scottish inshore and offshore waters (extending out to the Exclusive Economic Zone limit).</p> <p>The Sectoral Marine seeks to contribute to the achievement of Scottish and UK energy and climate change policy objectives and targets, through the provision of a spatial strategy to inform the seabed leasing process for commercial offshore wind energy in Scottish waters, which:</p> <ul> <li>Minimises the potential adverse effects on other marine users, economic sectors and the environment resulting from further commercial-scale offshore wind development; and</li> <li>Maximises opportunities for economic development, investment and employment in Scotland, by identifying new opportunities for commercial scale offshore wind development, including deeper water wind technologies.</li> </ul> <p>The Plan Options provide the spatial footprint for this Sectoral Marine Plan.</p> <p>A draft updated Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy (SMP-OWE) was published in 2025, which presents an updated planning framework for ScotWind sites as a result of the Iterative Plan Review process established in the SMP-OWE (2020). Scottish Ministers concluded, as part of the Iterative Plan Review, that the SMP-OWE needed to be updated and re-assessed following the ScotWind leasing award by Crown Estate Scotland. Click for <a href="https://www.gov.scot/publications/draft-updated-sectoral-marine-plan-offshore-wind-energy-2025/pages/1/">more information on the draft updated Plan</a>. </p> nmp:smp_offshore_wind_energy_plan_options_2020nmp:smp_offshore_wind_energy_plan_options_202018921892619FishDAC_12263FishDAC_122637497432021-05-11 00:00:002021-05-11 00:00:00Europe/LondonEurope/Londondatetime2021-05-11 00:00:00Europe/LondonEurope/Londondatetime11122632020-10-28 00:00:00Europe/LondonEurope/Londondatetime7580Q:\users\GISTeam\Datastore\FishDAC_12263http://s0413a:9997/RecordViewer.aspx?MetadataRecordID=12263078378475610https://spatialdata.gov.scot/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/Marine_Scotland_FishDAC_12263Download via SSDIhttps://spatialdata.gov.scot/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/Marine_Scotland_FishDAC_12263<p>The following attribution statement must be used: Contains information from the Scottish Government (Marine Scotland) licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.</p> filtered_html<p>The following attribution statement must be used: Contains information from the Scottish Government (Marine Scotland) licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.</p> sioc:Itemfoaf:Documentdc:datedc:createdxsd:dateTimedate_iso8601dc:modifiedxsd:dateTimedate_iso8601content:encodedpropertysioc:has_creatorrelfoaf:namesioc:num_repliesxsd:integersioc:last_activity_datexsd:dateTimedate_iso8601https://marine.gov.scot/?q=maps/18920