The Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009

THE MARINE AND COASTAL ACCESS ACT 2009 AND THE MARINE WORKS (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) REGULATIONS 2007 (as amended) APPLICATION FOR: CONSTRUCTION, WALLASEA ISLAND, ESSEX

Notice is hereby given that the RSPB has applied to the Marine Management Organisation to undertake a regulated activity under Part 4 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009.

The application is to: construction of a penstock to allow tidal exchange at Wallasea Island Habitat Creation Scheme, Cell 5. A copy of the application and environmental statement, or as the case may be, supplementary information is available for inspection during normal office hours for free at Burnham-on-Crouch Library and Rochford Library for a period of 42 days from the date of the first notice – 6th November 2014.

Copies of the environmental statement may also be inspected free of charge and by prior appointment at the offices of the Marine Management Organisation, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Copies of the environmental statement or environmental statement supplementary information may be viewed on line in the Public Register at: www.gov.uk/check-marine-licence-register.

Representations or objections in respect of the application should be made in writing, giving an address to which correspondence relating to the representation or objection may be sent, to the Marine Management Organisation, Lancaster House, Hampshire Court, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 7YH, or alternatively email to: mark.qureshi@marinemanagement.org.uk, within 42 days of the date of date of the first notice, quoting reference MLA/2014/00410. The Marine Management Organisation will pass to the applicant a copy of any objection or representation we receive.