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Explore Marine Plans

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Explore Marine Plans

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Contact Marine planning documents

Contents

Marine activity data

To search for activities or data in a specific area:

  1. Select data you want to see from the list below, or by searching for layers using the search tool
  2. Once added to the map, click the layer on the map to see further information
  3. Click on next to the layer name on the list below to see additional information about the layer
  4. You can click on clear all button to deselect all selected layers
  5. You can click collapse all button to minimise all open categories in the list

You may submit feedback on data, or suggest new data to add to the service, using this form.



  • Administrative Boundaries
  • Aggregate Extraction
  • Dredging and Disposal
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Fish, Fishing and Aquaculture
  • Marine Licencing Applications
  • Ports, Harbours and Shipping
  • Social, Cultural and Heritage
  • Subsea Cables
  • Tourism and Recreation

Search for policies

To search for a marine policy from a marine plan you can draw a shape to search for policies within a specified area.

To draw a shape:

  1. Click start drawing on the map:
  2. zoom or drag the map to your area of interest
  3. start to draw a shape by clicking anywhere within the blue marine plan boundaries to create your first point
  4. continue to draw the shape by clicking as many anchor points as needed
  5. press ctrl+z to undo the last anchor point if needed
  6. double click to complete the shape
  7. The policies that apply within your shape will be displayed on the left-hand side
  8. Policies will appear as spatially specific policies and plan area policies. Spatially specific policies only apply to the area in which you have drawn your shape, and plan area policies apply to the whole of the marine plan area in which you have drawn your shape
  9. Click Clear policy search button, or the "bin" symbol at the top left of the map, to start again

Guidance

Use this service to find and view:

  • marine data on a map of the English marine area
  • information on marine licences relating to a specific area
  • policy information from the marine plans

How to use this service:

There are two ways to find information on the map. You can:

  • find the most recently published marine activities data
  • use the drawing tool to find and view marine policy information in the area you select or a wider marine plan area

Further guidance is available in the Explore Marine Plans Guidance Video.

This service only includes geographic and marine policy information in England. Use of data within this service is subject to copyright, please see dataset metadata for individual copyright statements.

You can also refer to the marine plans themselves to find policies and information related to your area of interest:

There is also further guidance and information on marine planning available here