Regional Hubs

Due to the size of our project area, length of coastline and number of varied interests in the North Sea, Net Gain has established four regional hubs. The Hubs are placed in the following areas, although the boundaries are not rigid:

Northeast: Scottish Border to Hartlepool
Yorkshire and Humber: Hartlepool to Grimsby
Lincolnshire and The Wash: Grimsby to Wells
East England: Wells to Suffolk/Essex border

Each Hub has about 40 members representing all stakeholder sectors with an interest in our project.

The Regional Hub meetings are where the main focus of the planning work and deliberation over sites will take place, the real 'hands on' part of the work. Members work together in facilitated sessions to develop recommendations on MCZs. Regional Hub members will make recommendations on the size, location, boundaries and conservation objectives for proposed sites to pass to the Stakeholder Advisory Panel.

Membership of Regional Hubs

Regional Hub meeting details and attendance (click here)

Invitee lists and reports from Regional Hubs Round 1: March 2010

East of England hub invitee list (click here)
Lincolnshire and the Wash hub invitee list (click here)
North East hub invitee list (click here)
Yorkshire and Humber invitee list (click here)

Regional Hub report: North East 16/03/10 (click here)
Regional Hub report: Yorkshire and Humber 18/03/10 (click here)
Regional Hub report: East of England 25/03/10 (click here)
Regional Hub report: Lincolnshire and the Wash 30/03/10 (click here)

Regional Hubs round 1: summary (click here)
Slides (click here)

Agreed principles for the development of successful MCZs (click here)

Net Gain Regional Stakeholder Group Roles and Responsibilities (click here)
Process for Stakeholder Engagement Stages 4-8 (click here)

Material for Regional Hubs Round 2: June 2010

Net Gain Regional Hubs: Round Two Briefing (click here)
Simplified guide to the Ecological Network Guidance (click here)

Reports from Regional Hubs Round 2: June 2010

North East Regional Hub - second round meeting (South Shields, 10th/11th June 2010) (click here)
Yorkshire & Humber Regional Hub - second round meeting (Scarborough, 8th/9th June 2010) (click here)
Lincolnshire & The Wash Regional Hub - second round meeting (Kings Lynn, 14th/15th June 2010) (click here)
East of England Regional Hub - second round meeting (Lowestoft, 16th/17th June 2010) (click here)

Reports from Regional Hubs Round 3: October 2010

East of England Regional Hub - third round meeting (Lowestoft, 12/13 October 2010) (click here)
Lincolnshire & The Wash Regional Hub - third round meeting (Boston, 14/15 October 2010) (click here)
) Yorkshire & Humber Regional Hub - third round meeting (Scarborough, 19/20 October 2010) (click here)
North East Regional Hub - third round meeting (Blyth, 21/22 October 2010) (click here)

Reports from Regional Hubs Round 4: January 2011

Yorkshire & Humber Regional Hub - fourth round meeting (Scarborough, 18/19 January 2011)
- Full YH report - (click here)
- Text from YH report - no consensus forms - (click here)
- Scanned copies of YH consensus forms - (click here)

North East Regional Hub - fourth round meeting (South Shields, 20/21 January 2011)
- Full NE report - (click here)
- Text from NE report - no consensus forms - (click here)
- Scanned copies of NE consensus forms - (click here)

East of England Regional Hub - fourth round meeting (Lowestoft, 25/26 January 2011)
- Full EE report - (click here)
- Text from EE report - no consensus forms - (click here)
- Scanned copies of EE consensus forms - (click here)

Lincolnshire & The Wash Regional Hub - fourth round meeting (Kings Lynn, 27/28 January)
- Full LW reports - (click here)
- Text from LW report- no consensus forms - (click here)
- Scanned copies of LW consensus forms - (click here)

Reports from Regional Hubs Round 5: March 2011

- Yorkshire & Humber - (click here)
- North East - (click here)
- East of England - (click here)
- Lincolnshire & The Wash - (click here)

An additional meeting was held on the 29th June 2011 for Lincolnshire and The Wash and East of England Regional Hub members to discuss Reference Areas on the North Norfolk coast. The minutes of the meeting are available to download here

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