Table 1: HIGH-LEVEL MARINE OBJECTIVES & GENERAL POLICIES
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Table 1: HIGH-LEVEL MARINE OBJECTIVES & GENERAL POLICIES GEN1 GENERAL PLANNING PRINCIPLE ACHIEVING A SUSTAINABLE ENSURING A STRONG, LIVING WITHIN PROMOTING Contributor MARINE ECONOMY HEALTHY AND JUST ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITS GOOD GOVERNANCE SOCIETY Policy under the Aberdeen Local Alison Leslie. Development Plan 2017: NE7 Coastal Aberdeen City Planning, Policy B5 Aberdeen Council Harbour. The existing Aberdeen Sustainability Harbour area is subject to a Development Framework which explores how a greater mix of uses at the harbour can be delivered. In the Proposed Aberdeen Local Development Plan - Policy B4 Aberdeen Harbours and NE4 Our Water Environment which includes coastal development. The term sustainable is Proposals linking the new See other comments made Coastal developments, like the new Ewen Cameron widely used and frequently Aberdeen Harbour to the here. Aberdeen harbour, often utilise land Private Individual.. misused to mean wider transport network which is already largely undeveloped SUSTAINED economic appear to favour construction and of high value/importance for development. through St Fitticks biodiversity. The subsequent Community Park. This is a biodiversity loss is therefore major greenspace for the frequently greater. The development communities of Torry & of the golf course at Menie Links is Balnagask which includes another such example of current/ some of the most deprived recent poor standards. communities in Aberdeen and the proposed linkages appear to unfairly affect those communities. Policy R1 Special Rural Areas Of Policy Team, PES, ALDP 2017 defines a coastal zone Aberdeenshire where development must require a Council coastal location or have social and economic benefits which outweigh any adverse environmental effect. Coalescence of coastal developments or significant adverse impacts on natural coastal processes or habitats are to be avoided. Great care must be taken to assess flood and erosion risk. Policy C4 Flooding requires the provision of maintenance buffer strips in coastal areas below the 10 Meter contour should local evidence demonstrate a heightened risk. In such areas land raising or excavation is controlled. Fraserburgh is identified as a premier fishing harbour and regeneration of the northern area at the lighthouse and beach is promoted. Peterhead represents one of Aberdeenshire’s strategic locations in terms of the energy and oil and gas sectors. The fishing industry remains an important employer in the town. The harbour front is reserved for port related activities. It is a national development site for Carbon Capture and Storage, a possible landfall for a potential international North Sea interconnector, onshore connections to support offshore renewable energy, and major energy developments as set out in National Planning Framework 3 The attractiveness of Banff’s coastal location and its contribution to making it an attractive tourist and visitor attraction is acknowledged. The relationship between Macduf and the harbour is emphasised noting tourism, fishing and boatbuilding activities. Pennan is noted as a small historic fishing village situated within a striking and attractive coastal setting popular with visitors and tourists. Portsoy is identified as an attractive fishing town. Proposals for a coastal path are promoted. Gardenstown is identified, historically, as a fishing village, with a setting and character that has made it a popular tourist destination. It has has one of the most spectacular settings of any coastal village in Aberdeenshire. The St Fergus Gas Terminal is a major landfall for North Sea oil and gas products. it has and continues to play a key role within the UK’s gas industry. Stonehaven provides an example where a traditional fishing port has evolved to capitalise on the attractiveness of the coast to tourists. Boddam, Catterline, Cruden Bay, Collieston, St Colms, Gourdon, Johnshaven, Newburgh, Rosehearty, Sandend and Pittulie, and Whitehills are all acknowledged as having having their origin in their links to the see and are acknowledged as attractive coastal Villages The emerging development Plan (Proposed plan published in 2020) builds on these strengths and includes acknowledgement of the Fraserburgh Harbour Masterplan (July 2019) which sets out a strategic framework for development at the harbour over the next 20 years and aims to support growth in existing markets as well as facilitate and attract new business. Like Peterhead the port area is now protected for appropriate uses Recommendation Recommendation Recommendation Ian Hay EGCP That the RMP works with That the RMP works That the RMP works closely with the Local Planning closely with the Local the Local Authorities to promote authorities to support Planning authorities to marine/land planning integration sustainable economic support sustainable and ensure coastal issues are development. economic development. represented. Recommendation Recommendation Recommendation Recommendation Ewen Cameron Private Individual. RMP needs much more RMP needs to be bold and RMP needs to be open and RMP should include an explicit explicit descriptions of honest and highlight upfront with unequivocal reference to the need to achieve/ what actually is and is not examples of developments and evidenced based deliver Biodiversity Net Gain in SUSTAINABLE or we will which don’t actually demonstration of marine ALL developments, including Major continue to see comply with the aspiration and on-land marine related & National ones, as the latter development that is simply to ENSURING A STRONG, developments that really should be exemplars of best not sustainable. HEALTHY AND JUST do operate WITHIN practice in Biodiversity Net Gain SOCIETY ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITS and not be “exempt” from good and especially so for practice. future generations who will have to pick up the socio- economic costs of all our past and current bad practice. Compiled by EGCP LTD. Views are those of the contributors and do not necessarily EGCP LTD— June 2021 Table 1: HIGH-LEVEL MARINE OBJECTIVES & GENERAL POLICIES GEN2 ECONOMIC BENEFIT ACHIEVING A SUSTAINABLE ENSURING A STRONG, LIVING WITHIN PROMOTING Contributor MARINE ECONOMY HEALTHY AND JUST ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITS GOOD GOVERNANCE SOCIETY SG’s ‘Blue Economy Action In NE Scotland there are Sustainability lies at the Derek McDonald Plan’ is set out in 1200 fishermen and 4000 heart of all the Aberdeenshire Programme for Govt 2020 & people employed directly in aforementioned initiatives, Council recognises the marine seafood processing. from fishing to carbon Economic sector’s vast potential across Improving productivity and capture and storage. Development seafood, tourism, energy, capturing more value from transport, and science. seafood will result in better Locally, collaborative work is paid and more secure jobs in at an advanced stage to future and a more resource capture much higher levels efficient sector. The of sustainable added value increased pace post CV-19 from locally landed seafood of the transition from O&G to by investment in technology renewables seems likely to & human capital whilst in the result in disruption for many energy sector, individuals and businesses in transformative developments the short term but will (Acorn, Hywind, Kincardine, ultimately result in longer North Connect etc) are term benefits and proceeding apace. opportunities for the planet and society, especially for our young people Continued employment Alex Stuart through sustainable fishing NESLBAG practices and renewable energy, while also supporting wildlife tourism The Proposed Aberdeen Alison Leslie. Local Plan (ALDP) includes Aberdeen City Policy B5 Energy Transition Council Zones - to support the Sustainability renewable energy transition. Area identified on the ALDP proposals map. Many/most so called The same general principle The same general principle The same general principle applies Ewen Cameron Sustainable Economic applies here as under applies here as under here as under ACHIEVING A Private Individual. Developments are in fact ACHIEVING A ACHIEVING A SUSTAINABLE MARINE ECONOMY. Sustained Economic SUSTAINABLE MARINE SUSTAINABLE MARINE If we cannot get the basics right, much of the rest is window dressing Developments. Simply ECONOMY. If we cannot ECONOMY. If we cannot and we will continue to see the stating the intention to be get the basics right, much of get the basics right, much of industries, communities and other sustainable is insufficient the rest is window dressing the rest is window dressing marine based actives decline. and woefully inadequate in and we will continue to see and we will continue to see practice as the ultimate the industries, communities many industries, determinants usually boil and other marine based communities and other down to initial capital cost actives decline. marine based actives and profitability. These are As mentioned previously, the decline. legitimate measures but creation of the Aberdeen If we are already living within shouldn’t be hidden under Energy Transition Zones and environmental limits, why are the false guise of the linkage of the new so many environmental harbour to the wider sustainability. Where they parameters still on the same transport network appears to downward curve they have are relevant considerations, disadvantage (through loss been on since the 1950s? let them be evaluated on of greenspace, poor air their own worth. quality etc.) the communities This sort of systemic and with the highest SMID scores repeated failure to identify while they get