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Defra has completed a number of projects to assist in development of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009. These are outlined below.
Financial Benefit Assessment of Coastal Partnerships
Defra in partnership with the Local Government Association’s Special Interest Group on Coastal Issues and the Coastal Partnerships Working Group commissioned Entec Ltd to assess the benefits to partners of working in partnership at the coast, and where possible to quantify these benefits in financial terms. The project final report and executive summary were published in July 2008.
- Read the final report (PDF 1.69MB)
- Read the executive summary (PDF 963KB)
Exploring the practical implications of the proposals for marine planning, licensing and the Marine Management Organisation in coastal areas
Our stakeholders have identified a need to more clearly understand how the new marine planning and licensing proposals might work alongside existing planning and decision making structures on land.
Defra and the Environment Agency have looked at this in more detail by conducting a desk study to explore the effects that the new proposals might have in coastal areas. Links to the final report and the case studies, are attached.
- Marine planning desk study – full report (PDF 859KB)
- Thames marine planning scenario: A fictional marina development on the Thames, Purfleet, Essex (PDF 810KB)
- South West marine planning scenario: Channel Dredge and beach recharge of the Poole Harbour Channel (PDF 1.46MB)
Survey to Assess the Impact of Marine Bill Proposals on Marine and Coastal Developers
Frontline Consultants have submitted their final report to Defra on this project. Defra would like to thank all those developers that gave their time to fill in the detailed questionnaire.
- Read the final report (PDF 833KB)
Marine Bill – Valuing the benefits of Marine Nature Conservation Proposals
SAC Ltd and Liverpool University were commissioned for this project and have submitted their final report to Defra.
Marine Bill – Determining monetary values for use and non-use goods and services: Marine Biodiversity – primary valuation
SAC Ltd was commissioned for this project and have submitted their final report to Defra.
Marine Bill - Cost Impact of Marine Biodiversity Policies on Business
ABP marine environment research, supported by Risk & Policy Analysts and Jan Brooke (an Environmental Consultant), were commissioned to complete an assessment of the cost to business resulting from the Marine and Coastal Access Bill nature conservation proposals. The consultants have submitted their final report to Defra.
Further information
Page last modified: 12 November 2009