Offshore wind energy - draft updated sectoral marine plan 2025: consultation analysis report

Key findings from the consultation on the draft updated Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy (SMP-OWE), which ran from 30 May to 22 August 2025.


Appendix A: List of Organisational Respondents

Organisational respondent: Aberdeenshire Council

Organisation Sub-Type: Public body

Sector: Local authority

Organisational respondent: The Association of Local Government Archaeological Officers Scotland (ALGAO Scotland)

Organisation Sub-Type: Industry bodies / member organisations

Sector: Historic environment / cultural heritage

Organisational respondent: Argyll and Bute Council

Organisation Sub-Type: Public body

Sector: Local authority

Organisational respondent: Arven Offshore Wind Farm Limited

Organisation Sub-Type: Energy company / developer / association

Sector: Offshore wind

Organisational respondent: BlueFloat Energy | Nadara Partnership

Organisation Sub-Type: Energy company / developer / association

Sector: Offshore wind

Organisational respondent: British Geological Survey (BGS)

Organisation Sub-Type: Public body

Sector: Other

Organisational respondent: Buchan Offshore Wind

Organisation Sub-Type: Energy company / developer / association

Sector: Offshore wind

Organisational respondent: Cockenzie & Port Seton Fisherman's Association

Organisation Sub-Type: Industry bodies / member organisations

Sector: Fisheries

Organisational respondent: Comité National des Pêches Maritimes et des Élevages Marins (CNPMEM)

Organisation Sub-Type: Industry bodies / member organisations

Sector: Fisheries Organisational respondent: Crown Estate Scotland (CES)

Organisation Sub-Type: Public body

Sector: Offshore wind

Organisational respondent: Danish Fishermen’s Association Producers Organisation

Organisation Sub-Type: Industry bodies / member organisations

Sector: Fisheries

Organisational respondent: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) - Historic Environment Division (HED)

Organisation Sub-Type: Public body

Sector: Regulatory Agency / Authority

Organisational respondent: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) - Natural Environment Division (NED)

Organisation Sub-Type: Public body

Sector: Regulatory authority

Organisational respondent: Dumfries and Galloway Council

Organisation Sub-Type: Public body

Sector: Local authority

Organisational respondent: Eastern England Fish Producers Organisation (EEFPO)

Organisation Sub-Type: Industry bodies / member organisations

Sector: Fisheries

Organisational respondent: European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC)

Organisation Sub-Type: Energy company / developer / association

Sector: Other renewables

Organisational respondent: Equate Scotland

Organisation Sub-Type: Public body

Sector: Employment and skills

Organisational respondent: Electricity Supply Board (ESB) - Generation and Trading

Organisation Sub-Type: Energy company / developer / association

Sector: Offshore wind

Organisational respondent: Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH)

Organisation Sub-Type: Public body

Sector: Regulatory authority

Organisational respondent: Fisheries Management Scotland (FMS)

Organisation Sub-Type: Industry bodies / member organisations

Sector: Fisheries

Organisational respondent: Flotation Energy Ltd

Organisation Sub-Type: Energy company / developer / association

Sector: Offshore wind

Organisational respondent: Help Save Mochrum Fell group

Organisation Sub-Type: Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO)

Sector: Local campaign group

Organisational respondent: Historic Environment Scotland

Organisation Sub-Type: Public body

Sector: Historic environment / cultural heritage

Organisational respondent: Howell Marine Consulting

Organisation Sub-Type: Other commercial sector

Sector: Consultancy

Organisational respondent: JERA Nex bp

Organisation Sub-Type: Energy company / developer / association

Sector: Offshore wind

Organisational respondent: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)

Organisation Sub-Type: Public body

Sector: Nature Conservation

Organisational respondent: Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

Organisation Sub-Type: Public body

Sector: Regulatory authority

Organisational respondent: Mineral Products Association (MPA) Scotland

Organisation Sub-Type: Industry bodies / member organisations

Sector: Marine aggregates

Organisational respondent: Morven Offshore Wind Limited

Organisation Sub-Type: Energy company / developer / association

Sector: Offshore wind

Organisational respondent: National Grid Ventures (NGV)

Organisation Sub-Type: Energy company / developer / association

Sector: Power interconnectors and transmission lines

Organisational respondent: National Trust for Scotland

Organisation Sub-Type: NGO

Sector: Historic environment / cultural heritage

Organisational respondent: Natural England

Organisation Sub-Type: Public body

Sector: Nature conservation

Organisational respondent: NatureScot

Organisation Sub-Type: Public body

Sector: Nature conservation

Organisational respondent: North East Scotland Climate Action Network (NESCAN) Hub

Organisation Sub-Type: Industry bodies / member organisations

Sector: Climate action

Organisational respondent: National Energy System Operator (NESO)

Organisation Sub-Type: Public body

Sector: Power interconnectors and transmission lines

Organisational respondent: North Ayrshire Council

Organisation Sub-Type: Public body

Sector: Local authority

Organisational respondent: Northland Power

Organisation Sub-Type: Energy company / developer / association

Sector: Offshore wind

Organisational respondent: Norwegian Environment Agency

Organisation Sub-Type: Public body

Sector: Regulatory authority

Organisational respondent: Offshore Energies UK (OEUK)

Organisation Sub-Type: Energy company / developer / association

Sector: Oil and gas

Organisational respondent: Outer Hebrides Surfers Association (OHSA)

Organisation Sub-Type: Industry bodies / member organisations

Sector: Tourism and recreation

Organisational respondent: Open Seas

Organisation Sub-Type: NGO

Sector: Nature conservation

Organisational respondent: Orkney Islands Council

Organisation Sub-Type: Public body

Sector: Local authority

Organisational respondent: Ossian Offshore Wind Farm Limited

Organisation Sub-Type: Energy company / developer / association

Sector: Offshore wind

Organisational respondent: Pale Blue Dot - a Storegga Company

Organisation Sub-Type: Energy company / developer / association

Sector: Carbon capture utilisation and storage

Organisational respondent: Peter & J Johnstone Ltd

Organisation Sub-Type: Other commercial sector

Sector: Fisheries

Organisational respondent: PO Les pêcheurs de Bretagne

Organisation Sub-Type: Industry bodies / member organisations

Sector: Fisheries

Organisational respondent: Royal Yachting Association (RYA) Scotland

Organisation Sub-Type: Industry bodies / member organisations

Sector: Tourism and recreation

Organisational respondent: Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Scotland

Organisation Sub-Type: NGO

Sector: Nature conservation

Organisational respondent: Scottish Environment LINK

Organisation Sub-Type: Industry bodies / member organisations

Sector: Nature conservation

Organisational respondent: Scottish Fishermen's Federation (SFF)

Organisation Sub-Type: Industry bodies / member organisations

Sector: Fisheries

Organisational respondent: Scottish Renewables

Organisation Sub-Type: Energy company / developer / association

Sector: Offshore wind

Organisational respondent: ScottishPower Renewables (SPR)

Organisation Sub-Type: Energy company / developer / association

Sector: Offshore wind

Organisational respondent: Seaview Blackhouse

Organisation Sub-Type: Other commercial sector

Sector: Tourism and recreation

Organisational respondent: Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)

Organisation Sub-Type: Public body

Sector: Regulatory authority

Organisational respondent: Shetland Fishermen's Association (SFA)

Organisation Sub-Type: Industry bodies / member organisations

Sector: Fisheries

Organisational respondent: Shetland Islands Council

Organisation Sub-Type: Public body

Sector: Local authority

Organisational respondent: Shetland Isles Marine Planning Partnership

Organisation Sub-Type: Public body

Sector: Other

Organisational respondent: Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Transmission

Organisation Sub-Type: Energy company / developer / association

Sector: Power interconnectors and transmission lines

Organisational respondent: Stirling Council

Organisation Sub-Type: Public body

Sector: Local Authority

Organisational respondent: The Agency for Green Transition and Aquatic Environment (SGAV) (Denmark)

Organisation Sub-Type: Public body

Sector: Regulatory authority

Organisational respondent: The Agricultural Department of the French Embassy in London

Organisation Sub-Type: Public body

Sector: Fisheries

Organisational respondent: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM)

Organisation Sub-Type: Public body

Sector: Regulatory authority

Organisational respondent: The Institute of Acoustics (IOA)

Organisation Sub-Type: Industry bodies / member organisations

Sector: Other

Organisational respondent: The Law Society of Scotland

Organisation Sub-Type: Industry bodies / member organisations

Sector: Other

Organisational respondent: Thistle Wind Partners (TWP)

Organisation Sub-Type: Energy company / developer / association

Sector: Offshore wind

Organisational respondent: Tina Marshall Consultancy Ltd.

Organisation Sub-Type: Other commercial sector

Sector: Consultancy

Organisational respondent: Tingwall, Whiteness, and Weisdale Community Council

Organisation Sub-Type: Public body

Sector: Community council

Organisational respondent: Vargronn

Organisation Sub-Type: Energy company / developer / association

Sector: Offshore wind

Organisational respondent: West of Orkney Windfarm

Organisation Sub-Type: Energy company / developer / association

Sector: Offshore wind

Organisational respondent: Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC)

Organisation Sub-Type: NGO

Sector: Nature conservation

Contact

Email: SectoralMarinePlanning@gov.scot

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