Subject: ch 15 beyond the bounds
Date: Jan 05, 2001 @ 03:36
Author: michael donner (michael donner <m@...>)
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last chapter
subtitled
a consideration of local govt limits in the coastal zone of england & wales
by joyce e halliday

the jurisdiction of local govt tends to stop at the low water mark

brit maritime boundaries enacted as early as 1759 extend 9 & a half miles
inland up the river wear

this resembles canada

otherwise brit function based boundaries resemble those of oz

very interesting split in their ontogeny

exact relationship of local govt powers to offshore limits is often blurred

for example
solent sailing conference supported by isle of wight lacks precise
boundaries & has no statutory basis

it extends beyond the concerns of individual sectors or harbors to provide
a forum for organizations & individuals with a common interest in the use
of the solent

here therefore local govt has gone beyond the bounds
not to create a new set of unilateral limits but to act as a broker
bringing interests together & breaking barriers down
particularly the barriers of contrasting viewpoint

the paper shows that local govt control tho commonly held to end at low
water mark has a multi faceted maritime dimension varying with purpose &
locality in width effective occupance uptake & status

it has been suggested that current activity by local govt at the maritime
margins should now be consolidated by the extension of planning control 3
miles out to sea
a distance which was presumably seen as a proxy for territorial limits

the american model tries to enter by the back door

such a development remains always a possibility
not least because the management of the territorial sea remains more akin
to land than to the oceans beyond
but multi problematic for britain with its particular history & coastline

so we have a burgeoning 4th & hypermodern coastal waters standard
boundaries without boundaries

m