Notice of Environmental Impact Assessment consent decisions

Notice of Environmental Impact Assessment consent decisions

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has carried out Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) under the Marine Works (EIA) Regulations 2007 SI 2007/1518 (as amended) (the MWRs) for the following marine aggregate extraction:

Application number MLA/2013/00298
Project name Area 508
Geographic region Thames Estuary
Applicant Britannia Aggregates Ltd
Duration 15 years
Permitted extraction (tonnes) 11,250,000



Application number MLA/2013/00296
Project name Area 509
Geographic region Thames Estuary
Applicant Lafarge Tarmac Marine Ltd
Duration15 years
Permitted extraction (tonnes) 11,250,000

Application number MLA/2013/00297
Project nameArea 510
Geographic region Thames Estuary
Applicant CEMEXUK Marine Ltd
Duration 15 years
Permitted extraction (tonnes)  9,750,000

The MMO has decided to grant EIA consents for each of the above projects, in accordance with Regulation 22 of the MWRs, subject to certain conditions being imposed on the regulated activities.

Full detai ls of the decisions including the environmental information taken into consideration, the main reasons and considerations on which the consent decisions were based and the conditions attached to the consents maybe obtained:

* electronically on the MMO's marine licence register which can be found on our website at the following address: https://marinelicensing.marinemanagement.org.uk/mmo/fox/live/MMO_PUBLIC_REGISTER/


*in hard copy from the MMO at the address below for a charge not exceeding a reasonable amount for copying; and

* by inspection during normal office hours free of charge and on prior appointment at the following location:

Marine Licensing Team
Marine Management Organisation
Lancaster House, Hampshire Court, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 7YH
Tel: 0300 123 1032
Email*: Marine.consents@marinemanagement.org.uk

The MWRs implement, in relation to certain marine works, Council Directive 85/337/EEC on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (the "EIA Directive") into UK Law.

The ElAs for the above projects were carried out following applications for marine licences under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009. The MMO must ensure that applications for activities that require an EIA are compliant with the MWRs before a marine licence is granted.

Mrs Elizabeth Anderson
Marine Licensing Case Officer, Marine Management Organisation
Lancaster House, Hampshire Court, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 7YH
Tel: 0191 376 2509 Fax: 0191 376 2681
Web: www.marinemanagement.org.uk

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