The Portsmouth International Port and camber Dock harbour Revision Order
Information about the Portsmouth International Port and camber Dock harbour Revision Order
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On 26 November 2021, Portsmouth City Council made a formal application to the Marine Management Organisation (“the MMO”) under Section 14 of the Harbours Act 1964 for a Harbour Revision Order (“the HRO”).
The Portsmouth International Port and Camber Harbour Revision Order (“the Order”) aligns previously separate statutory undertakings and miscellaneous pieces of local legislation to allow the Council to manage both the Portsmouth International Port and Camber Port under predominantly one HRO with consistent statutory provisions and a central reserve fund.
The Order also consolidates and modernises the statutory harbour powers of the Portsmouth International Port and the Camber Port (“the Port”). This includes provisions relating to powers of general and special direction, the making of byelaws, navigational safety, conservation, dredging, moorings, bunkering, levying of charges and use of port revenue and clarification of the Port’s limits.
Full details of these powers can be viewed in the Order and the rationale behind the powers can be viewed in the accompanying Statement in Support.
The statutory 42-day public consultation on the HRO ran from 2 March 2023 to 12 April 2023.
The MMO approved the making of the Order on 20 November 2025, details of the decision-making process can be viewed in the HRO and decision report attached to this page. The Order will be laid before Parliament on 24 November 2025 and will come into force on 15 December 2025.
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November 2025 update.
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First published.