A forthcoming directive on maritime spatial planning has yet to be agreed by member states and MEPs.</PARA><INTERTITRE>Guidelines</INTERTITRE><PARA>In the long run, the Commission suggests it may be useful to develop ocean energy-specific implementation guidelines a" like those already developed for wind energy a" to supplement the habitats and birds directives on nature protection, the renewable energy directive and the new maritime spatial
planning directive.The ultimate aim of the Ocean Energy Forum is also to come up with a strategic road map that sets out targets and a timeline for the sectora s industrial development.
The trend is thought to be a result of the Government's
planning directive PPG3 to increase minimum housing densities to 30 dwellings per hectare, but local property experts say there are other reasons too.
Mr Davidson said that the Government's new
planning directive, PPG3, was creating a considerable shortage of land for development.
They refused to accept what had been submitted - so the replacement building to the original Castle Hill pub was oversized and the Thandis were told that they had not kept to the
planning directives.