Pilot Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Marine Spatial Plan. Summary.

Sectoral Policies

The Sectoral Policies are designed to support the sustainable development and management of specific sectors and are relevant to the determination of authorisation or enforcement decisions for a particular type of development or activity.

General Policies Contained In The Pilot PFOW Marine Spatial Plan

1A Sustainable development

1B Supporting sustainable social and economic benefits

1C Safeguarding the marine ecosystem

2 The well-being, quality of life and amenity of coastal communities

3 Climate change

4A Nature conservation designations

4B Protected species

4C Wider biodiversity

4D Landscape and seascape

4E Geodiversity

5A Water environment

5B Coastal processes and flooding

6 Historic environment

7 Integrating coastal and marine development

8A Noise

8B Waste and marine litter

9 Invasive non-native species

Sectoral Policies Contained In The Pilot PFOW Marine Spatial Plan

1. Commercial fisheries

2. Aquaculture

3. Oil and gas

4. Renewable energy generation

5. Recreation, sport, leisure and tourism

6. Marine transport

7. Ports, harbours and dredging

8. Pipelines, electricity and telecommunications infrastructure

9. Marine aggregates

10. Defence