Society and the Severn

Dr Thomas Appleby

Associate Professor in Property

Sometime Solicitor

Different forms of control

Ownership

Regulation

Protected Interests

Freehold Crown Estate owns most of

the foreshore and the Seabed

Some other freeholders

Public rights of Navigation

Fishing

Private rights Drainage

Fishing

Flood Prevention

Crown duties

Crown Estate Act 1961

Section 1(3) maintain and

enhance value

Section 3(1) ‘best

consideration’

Section 4 charitable

purposes

Removing protected interests

Requires specific

legislation

Compulsory Acquisition

Compensation

Regulations

Development Consent

Marine licence

Marine planning

Environmental regs. Habitats Directive

Environmental Impact Assessments

Wildlife and Countryside Act

Other consents Planning

Nationally Significant Infrastructure

Projects

Development Consent

Duty to consult Prescribed persons

Marine Management Organisation

Land owners

Local Community

Local Authorities

Assess issues

Decide

Marine licence

Licensed activities Lots

Statutory protection of Environment

Human health

Legitimate users of the sea

Representations from any person having interest in outcome

Can consult others it sees fit

Marine policy documents

Energy Price

Procurement sets ‘strike

price’ price of generated

electricity

Devolution

Marine licences

Marine planning

Planning

Inshore Fisheries

management

Autoren der angegebene WP-Commons (Tom Ordelman, M.Garde, Gerbil)

Brexit

Overarching nature of EU

legislation

Further disintegration of UK?

Conclusion

People are represented

By multiple public agencies

But in a disconnected way

AcknowledgementThe project is funded by Lloyd’s Register Foundation, a charitable foundation

helping to protect life and property by supporting engineering-related education, public engagement and the application of research.

For more information, see: www.lrfoundation.org.uk

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