Notice of Environmental Impact Assessment Consent Decision

Notice of Environmental Impact Assessment Consent Decision
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has carried out an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) under the Marine Works (EIA) Regulations 2007 SI 2007/1518 (as amended) (the MWRs) for the following application for marine licence:
Application number Project name Geographic region
MLA/2016/00209 IFA2 Electricity Between the UK/France median
Applicant Duration
National Grid IFA2 Ltd 100 years
Interconnected line and mean high water spring
(MHWS) mark at Monks Hill Beach and between the MHWS mark at Monks Hill Beach and the MHWS mark at Bronwich, Chilling.
The MMO has decided to grant EIA consent for the above project, in accordance with Regulation 22 of the MWRs, subject to certain conditions being imposed on the regulated activity. Full details of the decision including the environmental information taken into consideration, the main reasons and considerations on which the consent decision was based and the conditions attached to the consent may be obtained:
- electronically on the MMO's marine licence register which can be found on our website at the following address: https://marinelicensina.marinemanaaement.ora.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 Management Organisation
Marine Licensing, 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 EIA for the above project was carried out following an application for a marine licence 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.