
Coastal development and marine pollution
Natural and human processes often meet on Scotland’s coastline. We advise on how to reduce the chance of adverse impacts.
Natural and human processes often meet on Scotland’s coastline. We advise on how to reduce the chance of adverse impacts.
NatureScot is a statutory or non-statutory consultee for a range of consenting procedures used to assess different forms of coastal development or activity. Our advice focuses on the effects of such development on Scotland’s nature and landscapes.
For civil engineering and coastal defence, these include:
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) and Marine Scotland regulate most activities affecting coastal water quality and pollution.
NatureScot, however, provides specific advice to these bodies on:
We try to minimise both the direct and indirect effects of new development by providing advice on their natural heritage impacts.
Direct impacts include:
Indirect impacts include: