Dredging
(asked on 26th June 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many marine dredging applications have been dealt with by the Marine Management Organisation using the online marine licensing system since 2009.
The online marine licensing system came into force on 6 April 2011 following the formation of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) in 2010. To date the MMO have dealt with the following numbers of marine aggregate and non-aggregate dredging applications:
Aggregate dredging
2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14
|
0 | 1 x 15 year dredging permission | 0 | 25 x short term marine licences; | 14 x 15 year marine licences; |
7 x 15 year marine licences | 1 x aggregate trial dredging | |||
0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 15 |
Non-aggregate dredging
There was a transitional period from 6 April 2011 to 5 April 2014 for non-aggregate dredging. This activity mainly included navigational dredging which become licensable from 6 April 2014.
Disposal dredged material at sea
(figures below represent MMO licensing up to April 2014)
2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14
|
0 | 0 | 39 | 42 | 38 |