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Planning and development: Marine licences

Guidance on activities for marine licences.

• From: Marine Management Organisation
• Published: 22 September 2023
• Last updated: 16 July 2025 — See all updates

Applying for a licence

• Do I need a marine licence?
  • 27 January 2025
  • Guidance
• Make a marine licence application
  • 28 November 2024
  • Guidance
• The marine licence application timeline
  • 28 November 2024
  • Guidance
• Accelerated licensing for dredging
  • 28 November 2024
  • Guidance
• Marine licensing: fees
  • 1 April 2025
  • Guidance
• Apply to generate energy offshore
  • 11 June 2014
  • Guidance
• Apply to lay cables
  • 6 January 2021
  • Guidance

About marine licensing

• Check the public register of marine licence applications and decisions
• Generating energy offshore
  • 18 September 2014
  • Guidance
• Marine licensing: Information you may need to supply to support your marine licence application
  • 27 January 2025
  • Guidance
• Marine licensing: nationally significant infrastructure projects
  • 21 October 2025
  • Collection
• Marine licensing: physical and chemical determinands for sediment sampling
  • 28 November 2024
  • Guidance
• Contact the marine licensing team
  • 28 November 2024
  • Guidance

Guidance for offshore wind developers

• Marine licensing: Standardisation of Post-Consent Environmental Monitoring for Wind Farms in English Waters
  • 16 July 2025
  • Guidance

Wildlife licences

• Understand and apply for marine wildlife licences and report an incident
  • 2 March 2021
  • Guidance

Selected cases and updates

• Marine licensing selected cases
  • 22 September 2025
  • Collection

Other

• Dredged material disposal site monitoring round the coast of England
  • 14 March 2024
  • Research and analysis
• Compliance and Enforcement Strategy
  • 2 June 2020
  • Statutory guidance
• Marine Management Organisation (MMO) Master Data Register (MDR)
  • 26 February 2016
  • Research and analysis
• Perform a marine seismic or geophysical survey
  • 5 January 2022
  • Guidance

Published 22 September 2023

Last updated 16 July 2025 + show all updates

1. 16 July 2025

   Update on guidance on guidance for offshore wind developers

2. 28 November 2024

   Small amends

3. 22 September 2023

   First published.