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Marine licences

Guidance and regulation

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  • Guidance on activities that may require a marine licence.

  • Details of how to apply for a marine licence, what documents you need to provide, how much it costs and how long it will take

  • Find marine planning information for England, including data on marine licenses, environmental designations and policy information from regional marine plans.

  • Find out which activities may be exempt from requiring a marine licence and what you need to do in such circumstances.

  • This guidance provides definitions for some commonly-used terms on the subject of marine licensing.

  • Harbour Orders are a form of delegated legislation made under the Harbours Act 1964 (HA 1964), which either amends existing harbour legislation or introduces new harbour legislation.

  • Fees information for the different marine licences and associated work.

  • Information on impact assessment requirements for marine licence applications.

  • These are the Marine licence requirements for construction activities taking place within the Marine Management Organisation's jurisdiction.

  • This guidance outlines the circumstances under which a marine licence may be required from the marine management organisation.

  • This guidance outlines the circumstances under which a marine licence may be required from the Marine Management Organisation.

  • Work out if your activity qualifies for the self-service marine licensing process

  • Details of sediment and sample analysis for marine licence applications.

  • This guidance outlines the circumstances under which a marine licence may be required from the Marine Management Organisation.

  • The timeline illustrates how the assessment and approval process works once an application for a marine licence has been validated.

  • An accelerated licensing process may apply to some applications for dredging activity.

  • How to notify the Marine Management Organisation that you are carrying out a seismic or geophysical survey.

  • Why you need a marine wildlife licence if you are going to disturb a protected species, how to apply and how to report an incident.

  • The strategy sets out the Marine Management Organisation's overall approach to achieving compliance.

  • Contact details for all enquiries relating to marine licences