Guidance on the preparation of port master plans
Table of contents
- Introduction
- Territorial scope of the guidance
- The purpose of master plans
- Which ports should produce master plans?
- Summary
- Interaction with the planning process
- When should master plans be produced?
- How long will it take?
- Period of plans
- Content of plans
- Forecasts
- Infrastructure proposals
- Permitted Development Rights
- Safeguarding, property and blight
- Commercial sensitivity
- Inland access
- Coastal shipping connectivity
- Other social and economic impacts
- Safety and security
- Environmental impacts
- Habitats
- Water pollution and the Water Framework Directive
- 'Local' emissions and 'cold-ironing'
- 'Global' emissions, climate change and extreme weather events
- Noise
- Process
- Legal considerations
- Stakeholder engagement
- Pre-consultation
- Exposure draft
- Main consultation
- Publication
- Follow-up work
- Content review
- Consultation review
- Implementation review
- Renewal
- Annex A
- Checklist for possible master plan contents
- Annex B
- Identification of alternatives
- Do minimum
- Better use of existing transport infrastructure
- Alternative sites at the port in question
- Alternatives at other ports
- Assessment of alternatives
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