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Shetland Islands Regional Marine Plan

This plan covers the management of the Scottish Marine Region for the Shetland Isles. It guides and supports decision making for development and use of the sea, and represents the second tier of marine planning following on from the National plan.


Footnotes

1 Our Seas-a shared resource- UK High Level Marine Objectives

2 A Blue Economy Vision for Scotland

3 Section 1 (1) of the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004

4 “Ecosystem approach” is defined, for the purposes of the Marine Strategy Regulations 2010, in regulation 5 of those regulations. These regulations transposed the Marine Strategy Framework Directive.

5 Section 44 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009

6 Public Bodies Climate Change Duties: Putting Them Into Practice- Guidance Required by Part 4 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009

7 Section 5 of the Zetland County Council Act 1974

8 Shetland Islands Council- Works Licence Policy

9 Lerwick Port Authority- Resources

10 Section 20 of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003

11 The Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011

12 Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989

13 Marine Directorate- Energy Infrastructure

14 The Scottish Crown Estate Act 2019

15 Section 48 of The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994

16 Schedule 4 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017

17 Section 48 of the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994

18 Marine strategy part one: UK updated assessment and Good Environmental Status

19 KIMO - Plastic Pollution and Marine Litter

20 Section 2.6.3.1 of the UK Marine Policy Statement

21 UK Marine Policy Statement

22 Page 5 of the Scottish Biodiversity Strategy to 2045.

23 Page 17- Scotland’s Biodiversity Strategy to 2045

24 Council of Europe Convention: Definition and legal recognition of landscapes

25 UK Marine Policy Statement

26 NatureScot- Landscape policy: wild land

27 Merchant Shipping Act 1995

28 National Planning Framework 4

29 Sections 22-24 of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010

30 Sections 4-7B of the Marine Licensing (Pre-application Consultation) (Scotland) Regulations 2013

31 Shetland Islands Council- Community Wealth Building

32 Shetland Islands Council – LDP Supplementary Guidance Aquaculture

33 Sullom Voe Harbour Area Masterplan

34 UHI Shetland- Shetland Fisheries Statistics

35 Scottish Government- Scottish fish farm production surveys

36 Scottish Government- Scottish shellfish farm production surveys

37 Section 31A of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997

38 Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2007

39 ScotWind leasing round | Crown Estate Scotland

40 Crown Estate Scotland- Marine works

41 Section 1 of the Zetland County Council Act 1974

42 UK Climate Projections (UKCP) 2018

43 Shetland Local Flood Risk Management Plan

44 The Coast Protection Act 1949 and Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009

45 Section 1 of the Zetland County Council Act 1974

46 UK Marine Policy Statement

47 BPEO assessment is a method used to identify the option that provides the ‘most environmental benefit’ or ‘least environmental damage’. It assesses the ‘performance’ of different options in a range of criteria such as environmental impact, safety risk, technical feasibility and cost. It uses a combination of qualitative and quantitative assessments of the performance in each criterion, and a weighing of the relative influence or importance of the criteria in order to derive an overall score or ranking of options.

Contact

Email: RegionalMarinePlanning@gov.scot

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