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Publication - Advice and guidance

Marine licensing and consenting: offshore renewable energy projects

Last updated
6 October 2025 - see all updates
Directorate
Marine Directorate
Topic
Marine and fisheries

Guidance for offshore renewable energy projects on marine licensing and consenting requirements that are administered by the Marine Directorate – Licensing Operations Team (MD-LOT) on behalf of Scottish Ministers.

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Supporting documents

Offshore renewable energy - marine license and section 36 consent: application checklist
File type
2 page PDF
File size
202.9 kB
First published
10 April 2024
Last updated
6 October 2025 - show all updates

  1. Mitigation and monitoring page updated to include Seabed Obstruction Mitigation Plan.

  2. Mitigation and monitoring page updated and more detail on plans added.

  3. Updated links on overview page and added plans to mitigation and monitoring plans section.

  4. Application process and timescales chapter added.

  5. Appeals - questioning certain decisions chapter added.

  6. Application checklist updated.

  7. Minor textual updates made to information to support an application section.

  8. Updated the Fisheries Mitigation, Monitoring and Communication Plan in the mitigation and monitoring plans chapter.

  9. Added new chapter on mitigation and monitoring plans and made minor amendments to other chapters to reflect the new content.

  10. Added new chapters on licensing and consenting requirements as well as information to support applications on generating stations and transmissions infrastructure.

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