The Clyde Marine Planning Partnership is pleased to announce that the consultation for the draft Clyde Regional Marine Plan and its associated assessments has officially launched!
The draft Plan and its assessments will be out for consultation for 16 weeks, from Wednesday 4th November 2026 to Wednesday 24th February 2027.
The Plan marks the first ever attempt at embedding a statutory, multi-sectoral management approach for the Clyde, addressing a wide variety of issues across the Region such as climate change, sea-level rise and coastal change, the spread of non-native species, and marine litter. Focusing on sustainable development, the Plan has developed policies to address sea fisheries and aquaculture; sport, recreation and tourism; shipping, ports, harbours and ferries as well as considering all relevant land-sea interactions. As a result, the CMPP has worked closely with a range of key stakeholders including the nine Planning Authorities in the Region to integrate the land and sea planning systems and, where possible, align the policies to address marine and coastal issues.
There will be a variety of events held across the Clyde Marine Region. We will be hosting a number of in person events that will either be presentation and Q&A sessions, or drop in sessions. We will also have 15 online events. Please see here for a list of events, dates, times and sign up links (some events are still to be added as we make final arrangements with venues).
You can access the draft Plan, its assessments, the consultation response form and all other consultation documents on our consultation webpage on our website.
Your feedback matters. We encourage you to respond to the consultation by using the consultation response form. Please note that in order for your voice and your views to be considered, you must respond using the form. You can fill out the form on our webpage, download it and submit via email, or you can post it to us.
Following the consultation, the Plan will be revised based on feedback and submitted to Scottish Ministers with the aim that the final Clyde Regional Marine Plan will be adopted by Government and form part of the statutory framework for managing our seas.
We want to say a massive thank you to the Clyde Marine Planning Partnership members who have helped get us to this stage. This has been a huge undertaking of work and their expertise, support and dedication to the regional marine planning process has been invaluable. We would also like to thank the staff in the Regional Marine Planning team at Marine Directorate for all the guidance and support in getting us to consultation.
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