Marine Management Organisation Marine Plan Areas Web Feature Service (WFS)

The 'Marine Plan Areas' are 11 sub-areas of the 'English inshore and offshore marine planning regions'. The marine plan authority (the Secretary of State in England) is responsible for preparing marine plans for these 11 plan areas with responsibility for plan development delegated to The Marine Management Organisation. The MMO may wish to make specific local modifications to boundaries if it is perceived that the proposed boundaries could lead to unnecessary difficulties with either the implementation of the Marine Policy Statement or the integration with planning and management mechanisms on land. The boundaries will be subject to stakeholder consultation through the Statement of Public Participation - a process undertaken at the start of plan making.“海洋规划区域（Marine Plan Areas）”为“英国近岸及近海海洋规划区域（English inshore and offshore marine planning regions）”的11个子区域。海洋规划主管部门（英国国务大臣）负责为这11个规划区域编制海洋规划，规划制定的相关职责已委托给海洋管理组织（Marine Management Organisation，以下简称MMO）。 若经研判，拟议的边界可能导致海洋政策声明（Marine Policy Statement）的执行遭遇不必要阻碍，或是难以与陆地规划及管理机制实现有效衔接，MMO可对边界作出针对性的局部调整。前述边界需通过公众参与声明（Statement of Public Participation）开展利益相关方征询程序——该流程于规划编制启动阶段即启动实施。