Next Round of Marine Plans – events around the country in April 2016

The Marine Management Organisation  (MMO) is running a series of marine planning events during April, across the remaining plan areas – North West, North East, South West and South East.

The events are free to attend and are taking place on a range of dates / locations within each planning region.

The events are open sessions and include a number of scheduled presentations on marine planning which will be held hourly, beginning at the start times shown below.

The events will give an introduction to marine planning, enabling participants to meet their local marine planner, find out more about what marine planning involves, and how they can get involved. The MMO will also be demonstrating the Marine Information System and the evidence base where participants can view some of the evidence already gathered for that area.

There will also be information on the consultations on the Statement of Public Participation and the Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report for the marine plans. The Statement of Participation includes details on how and when and to whom the MMO will engage with through the marine planning process. The Sustainability Appraisal assesses the social, economic and environmental impacts of a marine plan. To find out more about these, please see the latest MMO newsletter

To find out more details and to register please click on the area below.

North West:

• Liverpool: 18 April, 1 to 4pm, University of Liverpool, L69 3GL
• Carlisle: 19 April, 9am to 12pm,  Carlisle Business Interaction Centre (CBIC), CA3 8TT
• Blackpool: 20 April, 9am to 12pm, The Solaris Centre, FY4 1RW

North East:

• Whitby: 14 April, 11am to 2pm, Green Lane centre, YO22 4EH
• Bamburgh: 15 April  11am to 2pm, Bamburgh Pavillion, NE69 7DF
• Newcastle upon Tyne: 19 April 11am to 2pm, Discovery Museum, NE1 4JA

South East:

• Whitstable: 11 April, 9am to 12pm, Whitstable Waterfront, CT5 2BP
• London: 13 April, 9am to 12pm, Mary Sumner House, SW1P 3RB
• Colchester: 15 April, 9am to 12pm, Lake View Room University of Essex, CO4 3SQ

South West:

• Falmouth: 11 April, 12 to 3pm, National Maritime Museum, TR11 3QY
• Plymouth: 12 April, 1 to 4pm , Plymouth City Council Guildhall, PL1 2AA (hosted by Tamar Estuary Consultative Forum)
• Bideford: 13 April, 1 to 4pm Caddsdown Business Support Centre, EX39 3DX
• Weston-Super-Mare:  14 April, 9am to 12pm, Weston College,  BS23 2AL