Marine consenting: Section 36 consent
Guidance on section 36 consent requirements for offshore renewable energy generating stations.
Variation of consent
A section 36 consent holder may apply to the Scottish Ministers for a consent to be varied. The variation process closely follows the existing rules for section 36 consent applications and the specific procedure is set out in the Electricity Generating Stations (Applications for Variation of Consent) (Scotland) Regulations 2013.
MD-LOT should be contacted for advice in relation to any variation proposals. Where proposed modifications are fundamental or substantial, it is likely that a new section 36 application will need to be submitted. Where less substantial changes are proposed an application to vary an existing section 36 consent may be appropriate.
See: further guidance on varying section 36 consent.
Timescales for determining a variation application depend on its complexities. For example, timescales will be longer where an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is required.
Variation applications are subject to specific application fees.
The Scottish Ministers, where they think it is appropriate to do so in the interests of the safety of navigation, may, at any time, vary conditions in relation to the provision of aids to navigation, the stationing of guard ships in the vicinity of the project or, the taking of other measures for the purposes of, or in connection with, the control of the movement of vessels in that vicinity.