Identification

Title

Marine Management Organisation Marine Plan Areas

Abstract

The 'Marine Plan Areas' are 11 sub-areas of the 'English inshore and offshore marine planning regions'. The marine plan authority (the Secretary of State in England) is responsible for preparing marine plans for these 11 plan areas with responsibility for plan development delegated to The Marine Management Organisation. The MMO may wish to make specific local modifications to boundaries if it is perceived that the proposed boundaries could lead to unnecessary difficulties with either the implementation of the Marine Policy Statement or the integration with planning and management mechanisms on land. The boundaries will be subject to stakeholder consultation through the Statement of Public Participation - a process undertaken at the start of plan making.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://environment.data.gov.uk/ds/catalogue/#/717c3263685fb28c803322c93a281741

description: A link to the web service or dataset

http://environment.data.gov.uk/ds/catalogue/index.jsp#/catalogue

description: A link to the general host site

Unique resource identifier

code

MMO1500008

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4258

Additional information source

This information was extracted from ESRIISO metadata (incorporating ISO and FGDC elements) using the EsriIsoToMedin xslt version 1.0;ISO Resource created in environment: Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.0 (Build 6002) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3500

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

structure

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2008-01-06

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009-11-16

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2013-06-13

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-10.0000

East bounding longitude

3.3985

North bounding latitude

56.6108

South bounding latitude

48.1667

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-06-18

code identifying the extent

Eastern Channel

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-06-18

code identifying the extent

Irish Sea

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-06-18

code identifying the extent

Southern North Sea

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-06-18

code identifying the extent

Northern North Sea

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2014-05-16

code identifying the extent

VIIh

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2014-05-16

code identifying the extent

VIIf

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2014-05-16

code identifying the extent

VIIg

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2014-05-16

code identifying the extent

VIIj2

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2014-05-16

code identifying the extent

IVc

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2014-05-16

code identifying the extent

VIIb

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2014-05-16

code identifying the extent

VIIa

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2014-05-16

code identifying the extent

IVb

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2014-05-16

code identifying the extent

VIa

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2014-05-16

code identifying the extent

VIIe

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2014-05-16

code identifying the extent

VIId

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2009-06-17

End position

2017-10-04

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2009-06-17

date type

creation

effective date

2009-06-17

date type

revision

effective date

2017-10-04

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Using bio-geographical regions and administrative boundaries, English waters were divided into a number of offshore and inshore plan areas. The inshore areas extend to the 12 nautical mile limit and the offshore areas extend from the territorial sea limit to the UK Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Modifications of the marine plan areas were made in July 2010 following a public consultation (led by Defra in October 2009). Further modifications by the MMO are as follows: October 2010: to align the landward boundary with Ordnance Surveys Mean High Water (springs) definition (OS Boundary Line, May 2010). In England this OS definition follows Mean High Water rather than Mean High Water Springs, therefore it is not a definitive landward boundary and only acts as a proxy for the landward extent of the marine plan areas. July 2012: to align the outer offshore boundary with the UK Renewable Energy Zone, as per the guidance outlined in the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009. June 2014: to align the outer offshore boundary with the newly adopted UK Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Amendments were made following the Exclusive Economic Zone Order 2013 (2013 No. 3161). The most significant changes can be seen in the South West Offshore Plan Area. The North West marine plan area was divided into an inshore and offshore for the purposes of consistency with the other plan areas. A number of minor topographical corrections/improvements were also made. October 2017: to align the Solway Firth Marine Plan Area boundary in accordance with 'The Scottish Adjacent Waters Boundary Order 1999' Article 3, Schedule 1, Part 2, Solway Firth coordinate 6 (54° 56' 22"N, 03° 20' 48"W). Amended from (54° 56' 39"N, 03° 20' 48"W). Public response to consultation on the draft Marine Bill indicated that plan areas should be designated on bio-geographical regions rather than political boundaries and so plan boundaries are based on the regional reporting areas laid out in Charting Progress, Water Framework Directive regions, ICES proposed eco-regions, Natural England's Marine Natural Areas and Sea Fisheries Committee/IFCA regions. The 12-mile limit acts as the boundary between inshore and offshore plan areas. Planning areas are constrained by the borders with Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Vector data delineating the national borders, the 12-mile limit and the Charting Progress regions were merged to generate the regional boundaries. Dataset has been reviewed under the MMO quality assessment process.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Open Government Licence. Acknowledgement of Marine Management Organisation as source required.

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

See lineage

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Data/GIS Officer

organisation name

Marine Management Organisation

email address

dkm@marinemanagement.org.uk

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

contact position

Data/GIS Officer

organisation name

Marine Management Organisation

email address

dkm@marinemanagement.org.uk

responsible party role

custodian

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Data/GIS Officer

organisation name

Marine Management Organisation

email address

dkm@marinemanagement.org.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2017-12-04

Metadata language