Marine Planning Soft Constraints

These layers represent soft contraints which might have implications for any future development of the following resources within the Welsh National Marine Plan area:

Aggregates
Aquaculture Bivalve Seabed
Aquaculture Bivalve Suspended
Aquaculture Seaweed Suspended
Tidal Range
Tidal Stream Seabed
Tidal Stream Surface-Mid
Wave Seabed
Wave Surface
Offshore Floating Wind

A soft constraint is a spatial consideration which relates to a particular sector and may be relevant for a particular project. The relative significance and implication of a soft constraint or set of soft constraints will depend upon the nature of the project being considered.

The soft constraints mapping work undertaken for the refined Resource Areas and Strategic Resource Areas derivation involved grouping soft constraints into four categories:

Very low risk of conflict and/or very good potential for co-existence.
Low risk of conflict and or good potential for co-existence.
Medium risk of conflict and/or low potential for co-existence.
High risk of conflict and/or very limited potential for co-existence.

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - Inshore Fishing Intensity (25 to 50%)

National Inshore Fishing Data Layer (NIFDL) Fishing Intensity 25 to 50%.

Source: Cefas

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - UK Fishing Activity (<=15m) (50 to 75%)

Fishing Activity for UK Commercial Fishing Vessels 15 m and Over (total value of all gear types) (50 to 75%).
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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - UK Fishing Activity (<=15m) (50 to 100%) (mobile)

Fishing Activity for UK Commercial Fishing Vessels 15 m and Over (total value of all gear types - mobile) (50 …

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - Inshore Fishing Intensity (0 to 25%)

National Inshore Fishing Data Layer (NIFDL) Fishing Intensity 0 to 25%.

Source: Cefas

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - Distance from coast <1km

Seascape sensitivity polygons created by buffering welsh marine plan areas offshore - less than 1 kilometer.

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - Distance from coast <20km

Seascape sensitivity polygons created by buffering welsh marine plan areas offshore - less than 20 kilometers.

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - Distance from coast >5 & <10km

Seascape sensitivity polygons created by buffering welsh marine plan areas offshore - greater than 5 and less than 10 kilometers.

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - UK Fishing Activity (<=15m) (25 to 50%) (static)

Fishing Activity for UK Commercial Fishing Vessels 15 m and Over (total value of all gear types - static) (25 …

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - Disposal Sites - Closed

Closed disposal sites (e.g., dredged material, fish waste, sewage sludge). Dataset maintained by Cefas.

Source: Cefas

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - Inshore Fishing Intensity (50 to 75%) (static)

National Inshore Fishing Data Layer (NIFDL) Fishing Intensity 50 to 75% (static gear).

Source: Cefas

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - Statutory Harbour Authorities

Boundaries for Statutory Harbour Authories (SHA) jurisdictions in Wales.

Source: Oceanwise

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - Distance from coast >30 & <40km

Seascape sensitivity polygons created by buffering welsh marine plan areas offshore - greater than 30 and less than 40 kilometers.

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - Civil Airspace Safeguarding

Primary Surveillance Radar (PSR) cover from 20-200m

Source: NATS

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - UK Fishing Activity (<=15m) (0 to 25%) (static)

Fishing Activity for UK Commercial Fishing Vessels 15 m and Over (total value of all gear types - static) (0 …

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - Protected Wrecks - 0.5km buffer

Protected wrecks buffered by 0.5 km

Source: Cadw

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - Inshore Fishing Intensity (50 to 100%) (mobile)

National Inshore Fishing Data Layer (NIFDL) Fishing Intensity 50 to 100% (mobile gear).

Source: Cefas

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - UK Fishing Activity (<=15m) (0 to 25%)

Fishing Activity for UK Commercial Fishing Vessels 15 m and Over (total value of all gear types) (0 to 25%).
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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - Inshore Fishing Intensity (0 to 50%) (mobile)

National Inshore Fishing Data Layer (NIFDL) Fishing Intensity 0 to 50% (mobile gear).

Source: Cefas

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - Anchorages - 0.5km buffer

Shipping Anchorages (buffered by 0.5 km)

Source: Oceanwise

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - AIS 2019 (>200 and <400 transits per cell)

Automatic Identification System (AIS) Shipping Vessel Transits 2019 with >200 and <400 transits per cell. MMO Anonymised AIS Derived Track …

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - UK Fishing Activity (<=15m) (75 to 100%)

Fishing Activity for UK Commercial Fishing Vessels 15 m and Over (total value of all gear types) (75 to 100%).
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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - Distance from coast >20 & <30km

Seascape sensitivity polygons created by buffering welsh marine plan areas offshore - greater than 20 and less than 30 kilometers.

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - Inshore Fishing Intensity (75 to 100%)

National Inshore Fishing Data Layer (NIFDL) Fishing Intensity 75 to 100%.

Source: Cefas

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - Distance from coast >40km

Seascape sensitivity polygons created by buffering welsh marine plan areas offshore - greater than 40 kilometers.

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - Inshore Fishing Intensity (25 to 50%) (static)

National Inshore Fishing Data Layer (NIFDL) Fishing Intensity 25 to 50% (static gear).

Source: Cefas

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - Inshore Fishing Intensity (0 to 25%) (static)

National Inshore Fishing Data Layer (NIFDL) Fishing Intensity 0 to 25% (static gear).

Source: Cefas

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - UK Fishing Activity (<=15m) (50 to 75%) (static)

Fishing Activity for UK Commercial Fishing Vessels 15 m and Over (total value of all gear types - static) (50 …

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - Pipelines (waste water) - 0.5km buffer

Submarine pipelines extracted from Oceanwise Marine Themes buffered by 0.5 km.

Source: Oceanwise

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - Tidal Stream Cable Agreements - 0.5km buffer

This dataset represents all current export power cables for tidal stream agreements in English, Welsh and Northern Irish waters. The …

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - Wind Cable Agreements - 0.5km buffer

This dataset represents all current export power cables for offshore wind farm agreements in pre-planning, planning, construction and operational phases …

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - Distance from coast >10km

Seascape sensitivity polygons created by buffering welsh marine plan areas offshore - greater than 10 kilometers.

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - Outfalls - 0.5km buffer

Outfalls for power stations extracted from Oceanwise Marine Themes buffered by 0.5 km.

Source: Oceanwise

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - UK Fishing Activity (<=15m) (0 to 50%) (mobile)

Fishing Activity for UK Commercial Fishing Vessels 15 m and Over (total value of all gear types - mobile) (0 …

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - Recreational boating safeguarding area

Focus Area for policy SAF_01b for safeguarding existing / established recreational boating activity.

Source: Welsh Government

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - Distance from coast >5km

Seascape sensitivity polygons created by buffering welsh marine plan areas offshore - greater than 5 kilometers.

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - Ship Routeing Measures (TSS) (excl. ATBAs) - 0.5km buffer

Ships' Routeing Measures within the UK Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) as approved by the …

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - Subsea Cabling - 0.25km buffer

Subsea Cabling buffered by 250m.

Source: Oceanwise

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - Navigational Dredging Areas - 0.5km buffer

Extracted records from current marine licences data where description contains "dredge". Buffered by 0.5km.

Source: Natural Resources …

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - MOD Safeguarding Zones

Defence Infrastructure Organisation - Safeguarding Zones

Source: MOD

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - Distance From coast <5km

Seascape sensitivity polygons created by buffering welsh marine plan areas offshore - less than 5 kilometers.

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - UK Fishing Activity (<=15m) (75 to 100%) (static)

Fishing Activity for UK Commercial Fishing Vessels 15 m and Over (total value of all gear types - static) (75 …

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - AIS 2019 (>400 and <600 transits per cell)

Automatic Identification System (AIS) Shipping Vessel Transits 2019 with >400 and <600 transits per cell. MMO Anonymised AIS Derived Track …

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - AIS 2019 (<200 transits per cell)

Automatic Identification System (AIS) Shipping Vessel Transits 2019 with <200 transits per cell. MMO Anonymised AIS Derived Track Lines 2019 …

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - AIS 2019 (>600 transits per cell)

Automatic Identification System (AIS) Shipping Vessel Transits 2019 with >600 transits per cell. MMO Anonymised AIS Derived Track Lines 2019 …

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - Inshore Fishing Intensity (50 to 75%)

National Inshore Fishing Data Layer (NIFDL) Fishing Intensity 50 to 75%.

Source: Cefas

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - Inshore Fishing Intensity (75 to 100%) (static)

National Inshore Fishing Data Layer (NIFDL) Fishing Intensity 75 to 100% (static gear).

Source: Cefas

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - Wind Site Agreements R4 and Celtic Sea Refined AOI

Wind Site Agreements - Preferred Project & Celtic Sea Floating Offshore Wind Programme - Refined Areas of Search

Source:
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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - Oil & Gas Licences & Pipelines - 0.5km buffer

North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) Oil & Gas Licences and Pipelines buffered by 0.5 km

Source: North …

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - Diffusers (waste water) - 0.5km buffer

Diffusers are aeration devices connected to waste water outfalls, data extracted from Oceanwise Marine Themes buffered by 0.5 km.

Source:
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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - Recreational Anchorages

Recreational Anchorages

Source: Oceanwise

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Marine Planning Soft Constraints - UK Fishing Activity (<=15m) (25 to 50%)

Fishing Activity for UK Commercial Fishing Vessels 15 m and Over (total value of all gear types) (25 to 50%).
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