Maritime Spatial Plan(s)
Status: Adopted
The Netherlands adopted a first Maritime Spatial Plan, the North Sea Policy Document in 2009.
Netherlands' first MSP is available here (in English)
The second Maritime Spatial Plan, the North Sea Policy Document covering the period 2016-2021, adopted in December 2015 is an update from the 2009-2015 document.
Netherlands' second MSP is available here (in English)
MSP Legislation
National MSP authority
Netherlands' competent autority for MSP is the Interdepartmental Directors’ Consultative Body North Sea led by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management.
Contacts:
The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment
Rijnstraat 8 Den Haag
Lodewijk Abspoel: lodewijk.abspoelminienm.nl
Rijkswaterstaat
Lange Kleijweg 34 Rijswijk
Carien van Zwol: carien.van.zwolrws.nl
Xander Keijser: xander.keijserrws.nl
Directorate for Nature and Biodiversity of the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality
Jeroen Vis: g.a.j.visminez.nl