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  • Do I need a marine licence?

    Guidance on activities that may require a marine licence.

    • From: Marine Management Organisation
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  • Make a marine licence application

    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

    • From: Marine Management Organisation
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  • Explore marine plans

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

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
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  • Marine licensing - Definitions

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

    • From: Marine Management Organisation
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  • Marine plan areas in England

    Map showing how England's inshore and offshore waters have been split into 11 marine plan areas.

    • From: Marine Management Organisation
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  • The South West Marine Plans Documents

    Published June 2021 the South West Inshore and South West Offshore Marine Plans provides guidance for sustainable development from the border with Wales to the River Dart in Devon.

    • From: Marine Management Organisation
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  • The marine licence application timeline

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

    • From: Marine Management Organisation
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  • The South East Marine Plan Documents

    Published June 2021 the South East Inshore Marine Plan provides guidance for sustainable development from Felixstowe in Suffolk to near Folkestone in Kent.

    • From: Marine Management Organisation
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  • The North West Marine Plans Documents

    Published June 2021 the North West Inshore and North West Offshore Marine Plans provides guidance for sustainable development from the border with Scotland to the border with Wales.

    • From: Marine Management Organisation
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  • East Marine Plans

    Marine plan for the east inshore and east offshore marine areas

    • From: Marine Management Organisation
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  • Compliance and Enforcement Strategy

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

    • From: Marine Management Organisation
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  • Contact the marine licensing team

    Contact details for all enquiries relating to marine licences

    • From: Marine Management Organisation
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  • The North East Marine Plans Documents

    Published June 2021 the North East Inshore and North East Offshore Marine Plans provides guidance for sustainable development from the Scottish Border to Flamborough Head in Yorkshire.

    • From: Marine Management Organisation
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  • Marine planning and development

    The 12-stage process on how a marine plan is made from selection to implementation and monitoring and how you can get involved.

    • From: Marine Management Organisation
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  • The South Marine plans documents

    The South Marine Plans were published on 17 July 2018.

    • From: Marine Management Organisation
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  • Marine Planning Monitoring Surveys 2023 Summary

    Surveys were run between 9th May to 30th June 2023 for the North East, North West, East, South, South East, and South West Marine Plans.

    • From: Marine Management Organisation
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  • Delegation of functions relating to marine plans

    The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs delegated marine planning functions to MMO in 2010.

    • From: Marine Management Organisation
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  • Using Marine Plans

    Guidance note to show how users, decision-makers and applicants could apply marine plans and use the Explore Marine Plans service

    • From: Marine Management Organisation
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  • Planning and marine licence advice: standard terms for our charges

    The standard terms that apply when we charge for giving planning or marine licence advice.

    • From: Environment Agency
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  • Seascape character assessments: identify and describe seascape types

    Find out what seascape character assessments are and how they can be used.

    • From: Natural England
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