Paul Monaghan – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Monaghan on 2016-02-29.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications for consent determined by the Marine Management Organisation have required appropriate assessment of their effect on European wildlife sites since 2010.

George Eustice

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) database was established in April 2011 and accurate data for marine licence applications determined by the MMO are limited to post 1 April 2011. However, I can confirm that since April 2011:

• 50 fully determined marine licence applications have required an appropriate assessment;
• 151 fully determined marine licence applications have required an environmental impact assessment;
• 44 marine licence applications have been refused; and,
• 3,849 fully determined marine licence applications have been approved, including 1,848 variations to an existing marine licence.