Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 70850
Coastal Areas: Planning
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 4 September 2025
Question
Rosie Duffield
Independent — Canterbury
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Marine Management Organisation is taking to ensure that cumulative impacts of offshore developments are properly assessed in relation to fisheries.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerThe Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has two roles involved in assessments of offshore developments in two parts: As the competent authority under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 to approve marine licences below MHWS. As a statutory consultee a...
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