Maritime Spatial Planning in Sweden by Susanne Gustafsson, Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management at Baltic SCOPE Southwest Baltic case stakeholder meeting on 27 January 2016 in Malmo, SWEDEN www.balticscope.eu * The information presented is the working exercise of the cross-border maritime spatial planning discussions and can not be treated as the official opinion of the European Commission and the Member States involved in the consortium of the Baltic SCOPE project.

1. MSP in Sweden
BalticScope Stakeholders meeting – Malmö 27-28 January 2016
Susanne Gustafsson
susanne.gustafsso@havochvatten.se

2. The Swedish planning system
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3 x MSP
SwAM

3. Swedish MSP
• Three MSP:
Gulf of Bothnia,
Baltic Sea
Skagerrak/Kattegat
• MSP to be adopted by Government
• MSP to be guiding (like comprehensive
plans)
• Government may adopt regulations
prohibiting or limiting activities in destined
geographical areas
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The Gulf of
Bothnia
The Baltic Sea
Skagerrak
Kattegat
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4. Overlapping plans
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(Comprehensive plans)
and the Common Fisheries Policy

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Swedish MSP borders
on to:
9 (+1) neighbouring
countries (MSP)
And overlaps with:
65 municipalities
(comprehensive plans)
14 regions and
counties (regional plans
and strategies)

6. Areas of National
Interest
• Areas defined in law and by appointed
agencies
• No integrated spatial planning at a
national level before MSP
• In MSP process: thematic work groups
give input for planning
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7. Current
status
Guidance Planning
Swedish MSP- process
Status
report
Guidance
document
Plan proposals
to Government
Dialogue Consultation Consultation
2014 2015 <1 March 2016- 2019
SEA
Plan-
proposal
SEA
Plan-
proposal
Strategic
Environmental
Assessment
Plan
proposal