PDF version for comments: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h6Y87XknpZqXN0yBx5FTby9ZWNjT10DR/view?usp=drive_link
Instructions for commenting:
Click on the link above to open the Estuary Plan in your browser.
You will see that the document (160 pages) opens with a cover page, followed by the Table of Contents, List of Tables, and List of Figures.
Chapter 1 is the Executive Summary, and the other chapters follow on in sequence. If you see something that you wish to comment upon, highlight that word/diagram/sentence/section and a small ‘comment bubble’ with a ‘plus’ symbol appears at the right of the text.
Click on the ‘plus’, and a small comment box appears with your name at the top, a text entry box in the middle, and a ‘comment’ button at the bottom that turns blue once you type a few characters. Add your comment, check you are happy with it, and then click the blue ‘Comment’ button.
Your comment is added to the file, and everyone can see all comments: you can see everyone else’s comments, and they can see yours. And you can respond to anyone else’s comments by just clicking on that comment, another text box appears, and you can add your comment there and just hit ‘Reply’.
The first round of comments (ideally from the DEP Steering Group) will be aggregated and reviewed over Easter, and incorporated into a revised Estuary Plan that will be open (again) for wider public consultation from 07Apr26.