Pre-application Consultation Notices during COVID-19

Under the Marine Licensing (Pre-application Consultation) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (“the 2013 PAC Regulations”), there are provisions for a pre-application consultation event to be held at suitably accessible venue.

The Marine Works and Marine Licensing (Miscellaneous Temporary Modifications) (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 which applied during the coronavirus pandemic will no longer be in force from the end of 30th September 2022.  

These temporary regulations made amendments to the Marine Licensing (Pre-application Consultation) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 – whereby an online pre-application consultation event was required rather than an event at a suitably accessible venue.

The provisions of the Marine Works and Marine Licensing (Miscellaneous Temporary Modifications) (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 in relation to the Marine Licensing (Pre-application Consultation) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 apply for a period of 6 weeks after the 30th September 2022, therefore online PAC events for relevant projects, will require to be held until 11th November 2022. Following that date PAC events must go back to being in a suitably accessible venue, although applicants may also wish to hold online events in addition to the in-person events

Project stage: 
Pre-application

Project Applications and supporting documentation

Application stage Application type
Pre-Application Consultation - Revetment and Land Reclamation - Ardrossan North Shore Pre-application Construction, alteration or improvement of any works
Pre-Application Consultation - Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm - Dounreay, Caithness Pre-application Renewables - Wind
Marine Licence – Construction of Eastern Link 2 High Voltage Direct Current cable and cable protection – Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland to Drax, North Yorkshire, England Application Cable
Pre-Application Consultation - Cable Works - Inner Hebrides and Shetland Pre-application Cable
Marine Licence - Slipway Upgrade - Staffin Community Harbour, Isle of Skye Pre-application Construction, alteration or improvement of any works
Pre-Application Consultation - Installation of Submarine Cable - Kilbrannan Sound Pre-application Cable
Pre-Application Consultation - Construction of an Outfall Pipe - Loch Linnhe, Fort William Pre-application Construction, alteration or improvement of any works
Marine Licence - Submarine Electricity Cable - Ard Beag, Skye to Loch Gheocrab, Harris Pre-application Cable
Pre-application Consultation - Algal Farm - Loch Melfort Pre-application Macroalgae
Marine licence – Construction of export cable – Firth of Forth Pre-application Renewables - Wind
Pre-Application Consultation - Land Reclamation for Laydown Area Extension - Kishorn Port Pre-application Construction, alteration or improvement of any works
Pre-Application Consultation - Algal Farm - South Pabay, Isle of Skye Pre-application Macroalgal farm
Application stage Application type
Pre-Application Consultation - Cable Works - Scotland to England Green Link 2, Sandford Bay, Peterhead to Fraisthorpe Sands, England Pre-application Cable
Pre-Application Consultation - Revetment and Land Reclamation - Ardrossan North Shore Pre-application Construction, alteration or improvement of any works
Pre-Application Consultation - Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm - Dounreay, Caithness Pre-application Renewables - Wind
Report on Proposed Content of the Assessment to Support a Marine Licence Application Pre-application Cable
Pre-Application Consultation - Cable Works - Inner Hebrides and Shetland Pre-application Cable
Pre-Application Consultation - Slipway Upgrade - Staffin Community Harbour, Isle of Skye Pre-application Construction, alteration or improvement of any works
Pre-Application Consultation Advert- Installation of Submarine Cable - Kilbrannan Sound Pre-application Cable
Pre-Application Consultation Advert - Construction of an Outfall Pipe - Loch Linnhe, Fort William Pre-application Construction, alteration or improvement of any works
Pre-Application Consultation - Submarine Electricity Cable - Ard Beag, Skye to Loch Gheocrab, Harris Pre-application Cable
Notice of Pre-application Consultation - Algal Farm - Loch Melfort Pre-application Macroalgae
Pre-Application Consultation – Construction of export cable – Firth of Forth Pre-application Renewables - Wind
Pre-Application Consultation – Land Reclamation for Laydown Area Extension - Kishorn Port Pre-application Other
Application stage Application type
Bowling Remediation Project - Pre-Application Consultation Public Notice Pre-application Construction, alteration or improvement of any works
Pre-Application Consultation Advert - Algal Farm - St Andrews Bay, Fife Pre-application Macroalgae
Pre-Application Consultation - Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm - Dounreay, Caithness - May 2022 Pre-application Renewables - Wind
Pre-Application Consultation - Cable Works - Scotland to England Green Link 2, Sandford Bay, Peterhead to Fraisthorpe Sands, England Pre-application Cable