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REVIEW OF INTEGRATION AMONG PLANS FOR THE COAST IN SCOTLAND: Analysis of the SCF Coastal Plans Inventory
CHAPTER THREE REVIEW OF THE COASTAL PLANS INVENTORY
3.1 The first stage in the study was to review the Inventory to determine:
- the breadth of coverage and
- any matters on completeness with regards considerations in the selection of potential case studies.
3.2 As noted in the Report of the Database Compilation, the database contains plans, guidance and statements of policy. All provide input to the management of the coast and marine environment. Plans should also not be assumed to only include statutory land use plans such as development plans. In addition, not all plans detail the process of arriving at recommendations or actions, and thus do not discuss the other plans taken into consideration in the development of the plan. Therefore for the purpose of this report references to plans will include all documents encompassed by the Inventory.
3.3 For the purpose of this report, the plans in the Inventory have been registered according to their "type". The categories under type have been used for this assessment, and are detailed in the table below.
Table 1: Plan Categories
Ref | Type of Plans | Abbreviation
(where used) | Author(s) |
1 | - Archaeological assessments and plans
| | Historic Scotland |
2 | - (Local) Biodiversity Action Plans
| (L)BAPs | Local Authorities |
3 | - Coastal Management Initiative Plans
| ICZM Plans | Coastal Fora / Local Authorities |
4 | - Codes of Practice, Good Practice Guides
| | Business, Industry and their representative organisations |
5 | - Fish Farming Framework Plans
| | Highland Council only |
6 | | | Local Authorities, Scottish Executive |
7 | - Landowner Management Plans
| | Landowners |
8 | - Landscape Character Assessments
| LCAs | SNH |
9 | | LA21 Plans | Local Authorities |
10 | - Local Plans (draft, adopted, finalised)
| | Local Authorities |
11 | - Major Incident and Emergency Plans
| | Port Authority or Local Authority |
12 | - Natural Heritage Zone Plans ( in draft)*.
| NHZ Plan | SNH |
13 | - Nature Conservation Plans
| | SNH, SWT, RSPB, Local Authorities |
14 | - Oil Spill Contingency Plans
| | Local Authorities, oil terminal operators or MCA |
15 | - Planning Guidance and Advice
| | Scottish Executive |
16 | - Port Waste Management Plans
| | Port Authority |
17 | - Special Areas of Conservation Management Plans
| SAC Plans | SNH |
18 | - Shoreline Management - Coastal Defence Plans
| | Local Authorities |
19 | - Structure Plans (draft, adopted, finalised)
| | Local Authorities |
20 | - Subject Plans (sectoral, etc)
| | Local Authorities |
21 | - Tourism Access and Recreation Plans and Studies
| | Local Authorities/SNH |
* - final plans being called Natural Heritage Futures3.4 The basis of the study has been to review the current plans available at the date of the research study. It is known that the Inventory is already "out-of-date" as plans have been subsequently published, and the Inventory therefore presents somewhat of a "snapshot" of planning activities at the time of compilation in 2000. There is a mechanism by which users of the database can e-mail corrections and additions, and it is planned that a full review would be undertaken two years after first publication. It was considered important that the latest plans are reviewed as part of this study to again represent a snapshot of the current situation.
3.5 Several plans have been considered in the study, which are not mentioned in the Inventory, either because they were not published at the time, or that the organisations contacted for plan details had not included them in their response.
3.6 In addition, two types of plans are available where there is no representation in the case study areas chosen, as the case studies are based on geographical areas. These are:
- Area Waste Management Plans (only one regional plan published to date, for the Forth Valley);
- Fish Farming Framework Plans (only applicable for Highland Council).
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