Country information
Basic facts on marine waters
- Territorial Sea (12 NM): 8 783 km²
- Exclusive Economic Zone: 19 736 km²
Strategic documents related to MSP
Technical resources related to MSP
- Maritime administration spatial information system
- Study of conditions of spatial development of Polish sea areas
- BaltSeaPlan Findings
- Transboundary management of transitional waters – Code of conduct and good practice examples
- The overarching strategy of spatial development of Poland
- German-Polish Spatial Planning Portal
- Interministerial Group on Maritime Policy
- MSP of Polish Sea Areas: Maritime spatial plan for the inland maritime waters, territorial sea and exclusive economic zone in 1:200 000 scale [Draft version v3 (08.08.2019)]
Relevant MSP projects
Overview of MSP related maritime uses
Current main uses:
| Ammunition storage sites | Offshore renewable energy |
| Aquaculture | Oil and Gas |
| Cables and pipelines | Ports |
| Coastal protection | Radars |
| Fisheries | Scientific research |
| Military | Shipping |
| Mining | Tourism and Leisure |
| Nature conservation | Underwater Cultural Heritage |
Name of the plan (year) |
Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 14 kwietnia 2021 r. w sprawie przyjęcia planu zagospodarowania przestrzennego morskich wód wewnętrznych, morza terytorialnego i wyłącznej strefy ekonomicznej w skali 1:200 000 (2021) |
|---|---|
Scale of the plan |
National |
Pre-planning |
Status: Completed |
Assessment for planning |
Status: Completed |
Plan development |
Status: Completed |
Plan completion |
Status: Completed |
Plan approval |
Status: Completed |
Plan implementation |
Status: Underway |
Plan review |
Status: N/A |
Name of the plan (year) |
Maritime Spatial Plans for Szczeciński Lagoon and Kamieński Lagoon (2022) |
|---|---|
Scale of the plan |
Sub-national (regional) |
Pre-planning |
Status: Completed |
Assessment for planning |
Status: Completed |
Plan development |
Status: Completed |
Plan completion |
Status: Completed |
Plan approval |
Status: Underway |
Plan implementation |
Status: N/A |
Plan review |
Status: N/A |
Name of the plan (year) |
Maritime Spatial Plans for Vistula Lagoon (2022) |
|---|---|
Scale of the plan |
Sub-national (regional) |
Pre-planning |
Status: Completed |
Assessment for planning |
Status: Completed |
Plan development |
Status: Completed |
Plan completion |
Status: Completed |
Plan approval |
Status: Underway |
Plan implementation |
Status: N/A |
Plan review |
Status: N/A |
Name of the plan (year) |
Maritime Spatial Plans for port area waters (2022) |
|---|---|
Scale of the plan |
Local |
Pre-planning |
Status: Completed |
Assessment for planning |
Status: Completed |
Plan development |
Status: Completed |
Plan completion |
Status: Underway |
Plan approval |
Status: N/A |
Plan implementation |
Status: N/A |
Plan review |
Status: N/A |
Name of the plan (year) |
Detailed plans for selected areas covered by the Maritime Spatial Plan of Polish Sea Areas in scale of 1:200 000 |
|---|---|
Scale of the plan |
Local |
Pre-planning |
Status: Completed |
Assessment for planning |
Status: Completed |
Plan development |
Status: Completed |
Plan completion |
Status: Underway |
Plan approval |
Status: N/A |
Plan implementation |
Status: N/A |
Plan review |
Status: N/A |
Which marine spatial plans exist?
National authority in charge of MSP |
Ministry of Infrastructure, Maritime Office in Gdynia, Maritime Office in Szczecin |
Governmental funding |
Yes |
External funding |
Yes |
Public-private funding |
No |
Size of planning area |
30 560 km2 |
Time required to complete the planning document |
ca 3 years |
Main issued that led to the adoption of MSP (drivers) |
Directive 2014/89/EU – Maritime Spatial Planning |
Stakeholder engagement activities |
Required by law, including public consultations of the draft plan |
Sectors included in planning |
Fishery, Mining, OWF, Shipping, Port development, Environmental protection, Military, Coastal protection, Cables and pipelines, Cultural heritage, Tourism |
Articulation between MSP and coastal zone management |
By law: coastal municipalities have to approve MSP |
Articulation between MSP and marine protected areas |
By law: authorities in charge of marine protection issues have to approve MSP |
Articulation between MSP and sustainable blue economy |
By law: authorities in charge of blue economy have to approve MSP |
Plan approval process |
Approval of the regulation of the Council of Ministers |
Legal status of the plan (guiding or legally binding) |
Legally binding |
Plan review process |
At least every 10 years |
Performance monitoring and evaluation |
No legal obligation, lack of monitoring yet |
Legal framework
The main legal act is “The Act on Sea Areas of Poland and Maritime Administration of March 21st 1991” (Ustawa z dnia 21 marca 1991 r. o obszarach morskich Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej i administracji morskiej) . In order to implement the Directive 2014/89/EU, the Polish Parliament has adopted changes on The Act on Sea Areas of Poland and Maritime Administration of March 21st 1991, on 4th September 2015, regarding inter alia, MSP procedure in Poland. Regulations concerning maritime spatial planning are placed in Chapter 9: “Maritime spatial planning in maritime internal waters, territorial sea and exclusive economic zone”. This chapter describes the whole procedure, basis and principles of developing maritime spatial plans in Poland.
A maritime spatial plan is adopted by ordinance by the Council of Ministers. The drafts of the plans are prepared by the territorially competent Directors of Maritime Offices.
The supporting law is “Ministerial ordinance on required scope of MSPs in their textual and graphic parts” (Rozporządzenie Ministra Gospodarki Morskiej i Żeglugi Śródlądowej oraz Ministra Infrastruktury i Budownictwa z dnia 17 maja 2017 r. w sprawie wymaganego zakresu planów zagospodarowania przestrzennego morskich wód wewnętrznych, morza terytorialnego i wyłącznej strefy ekonomicznej) available in Polish at: http://prawo.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU20170001025
The ordinance specifies:
- MSP terminology
- Scope of the plans and necessary links between different planning regimes (NATURA 2000, terrestrial plans)
- Objects to be planned
- Textual and graphics requirements
Contact
Ministry of Infrastructure
Kamil Rybka – Chief Expert