Marine planning under Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009

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Practice notes

Marine planning under Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009

Copyright © 2025 LexisNexis

Produced in partnership with Nicola Canty of 9 Hazel Tree Chambers

Practice notes
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The EU Maritime Spatial Planning Directive 2014

The EU Directive 2014/89/EU establishing a framework for Maritime Spatial Planning (OJ L 257, 28.8.2014) (the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive 2014 (MSPD) as it continues to apply in the EU established a common framework for maritime spatial planning, by which the relevant EU Member States’ authorities analyse and organise human activities in marine areas to support Sustainable development and growth in the maritime sector, applying an ecosystem-based approach to promote the coexistence of relevant activities and uses. The MSPD requires EU Member States (other than landlocked EU Member States) to establish and implement marine Plans within their marine waters by 2021.

Implementation in the UK

Marine planning in the UK is governed by Part 3 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (MCAA 2009). MCAA 2009 gives devolved administrations responsibility for their inshore and offshore waters as the 'responsible marine planning authorities', with the exception of the Scottish and Northern Ireland inshore waters, as marine planning for these regions are already

Nicola Canty
Nicola Canty

Barrister, 9 Hazel Tree Chambers

Nicola is an environmental lawyer specialising in marine, energy and public law. She has advised on judicial reviews, public inquiries and a wide range of regulatory and planning matters. She has broad experience of advising on issues relating to the marine environment, including licensing, planning, regulation and enforcement, and conservation matters.
 
Nicola was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple in 2006. She has a dual-capacity practice (i.e. operating as both an employed and a self-employed barrister), and has broad experience of working at both the self-employed Bar in Chambers and the employed Bar as a part of a law firm, at the national energy regulator Ofgem advising on renewable energy schemes, and is currently at the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero advising on nationally significant infrastructure planning.
 
Nicola provided the update for the titles on the Foreshore, and on Fisheries and Fishing, in the 2023 Reissue of Volume 16(1) of the Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents. 

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