Local marine plans

The Government will be setting up marine plans around the country over the next 20 years. These plans will manage activities and developments that take place on the coast and out to sea. The Dorset Coast Forum is currently working on C-SCOPE (Combining Sea and Coastal Planning in Europe), a marine planning project which will create a pilot marine plan for part the Dorset coast (Portland Bill to Durlston Head, out to 12 nautical miles).

To find out more and get involved in this project residents are invited to a road show event where they can:

• Find out what a marine plan is

• “Fly along the seabed” to see the Dorset coast in amazing detail from the ancient riverbeds to historic shipwrecks

• Feed into the marine plan by saying what activities happen where in Dorset waters.

All events will start at 6.00 pm and will finish at 7.30pm. The Swanage event will be at the Middle School on Tuesday 1 February 2011