Updated: Changed status of Chichester and Langstone Harbours / South Wight Maritime from ‘draft’ to ‘formal’. Repointed link for South Dorset to Designated Sites System. Designation of Lyme Bay and Torbay / Studland to Portland changed from SCI to SAC. New draft sites Chesil and the Fleet / Chesil Beach and The Fleet / Solent and Isle of Wight Lagoons added. Map updated.
Find out if your activity, proposal or area of responsibility has a potential impact on the species and habitats in the marine protected areas in the Eastern Channel.
Advice packages are listed alphabetically. Packages marked ‘awaiting update’ on the map have not been updated on the Designated Sites System but advice may still exist. These sites are not listed here, but you can search for all sites on the Designated Sites View site search. This will include links to any existing advice.
Advice packages in the Eastern Channel
Beachy Head West Marine Conservation Zone (UKMCZ0002) Formal
Chesil and the Fleet Special Area of Conservation (UK0017076) Draft
Chesil Beach and the Fleet Special Protection Area (UK9010091) Draft
Chesil Beach and Stennis Ledges Marine Conservation Zone (UKMCZ0004) Formal
Chichester and Langstone Harbours Special Protection Area (UK9011011) Formal
Exe Estuary Special Protection Area (UK9010081) Formal
Folkestone Pomerania Marine Conservation Zone (UKMCZ0006) Formal
Kingmere Marine Conservation Zone (UKMCZ0009) Formal
Lyme Bay and Torbay Special Area of Conservation (UK0030372) Formal
Pagham Harbour Marine Conservation Zone (UKMCZ0013) Formal
Pagham Harbour Special Protection Area (UK9012041) Formal
Poole Harbour Special Protection Area (UK9010111) Draft
Poole Rocks Marine Conservation Zone (UKMCZ0014) Formal
Portsmouth Harbour Special Protection Area (UK9011051) Formal
Solent and Isle of Wight Lagoons Special Area of Conservation (UK0017073) Draft
Solent and Southampton Water Special Protection Area (UK9011061) Draft
Solent Maritime Special Area of Conservation (UK0030059) Formal
South Dorset Marine Conservation Zone (UKMCZ0022) Draft
South Wight Maritime Special Area of Conservation (UK0030061) Formal
Studland to Portland Special Area of Conservation (UK0030382) Draft
Torbay Marine Conservation Zone (UKMCZ0019) Draft
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