Windfarms 

Statement: Caroline Price, RYA Planning & Environmental Advisor, 20 April 2011  

“Over the past ten years the RYA has worked together with the whole maritime community, notably the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Trinity House, the Chamber of Shipping, the UK Major Ports Group and other influential bodies in an effort to limit the effect offshore renewable energy developments will have on recreational navigation.

"The result has been the wide spread acknowledgement of the importance of navigational safety and regular engagement in the consultation process both at the strategic level as well as on a site by site basis, especially through the Round 2 and now round 3 site developments.      

“In particular the RYA has worked very hard to establish a position with the developers which avoids mandatory safety boundaries around the bases of the individual towers, other than during their construction or maintenance.  

“Whilst the RYA acknowledges the Government's desire to promote renewable energy, our priority is to ensure that the public right of navigation is upheld and the navigational safety of recreational boating around the coast is maintained.”