Cattewater Harbour Commissioners – What Do We Do?
- Fulfilling Plymouth Port Competent Harbour Authority (CHA) and Cattewater Statutory Harbour Authority (SHA) duties
- Driving positive change to achieve sustainable port operations
- Enabling, inspiring and facilitating trade in and around the Cattewater
- Acting on behalf of stakeholders and adding revenue into our Trust port
- Generating positive publicity and attracting investment to the Cattewater area
- Actively engaging and facilitating stakeholder collaboration
- Logistics planning for efficient development with reduced clashes
- Providing governance as per Ports Good Governance Guidance.
Masterplan Overview
In 2023 we began a strategic forecasting phase and commissioned a focused stakeholder engagement initiative. This continued into 2024 and led to the definition of our Masterplan Overview to map out our road ahead. The Masterplan Overview:
- Provides stakeholders with an understanding of the opportunities and challenges the Cattewater Harbour and the area surrounding the Cattewater is likely to face over the next 25 years
- Acts as a framework for us and our stakeholders to operate within, to harness growth sustainably.
Sustainability Strategy
Building on the Masterplan Overview and subsequent Cattewater Harbour Commissioners’ strategic planning session, we have developed our Sustainability Strategy to:
- Define the way we will operate and grow to achieve our Vision of an enduring Trust port
- Provide guardrails for Cattewater Harbour Commissioners and our stakeholders to specify tactical actions so we achieve sustainability
- Confirm the principles used to drive risk-based change.