Marine development

Our approach to marine advice

Environmental Impact Assessment for marine development

Scoping and preparing an Environmental Impact Assessment for marine development

Sector guidance

Marine aggregate extraction Offshore wind developments Marine renewable energy developments Tidal lagoon development in Wales: information to support environmental assessments  Marine cabling activities in Wales: information to support environmental assessments 

Consenting and assessments

Applying for a marine licence for projects using adaptive management or project phasing Using adaptive management for marine developments Assessing coastal squeeze Conservation Advice for European marine sites (Reg 37) Terms used in Wales for marine and coastal enhancement Core principles for including restoration or enhancement in a marine or coastal development proposal Marine licensing

Receptors

At sea bird surveys for marine developments: when you need to conduct a survey Benthic habitat assessments for marine developments Harbour porpoise: assessing the effect from underwater noise on their behaviour Marine mammal mortality and adverse effect on site integrity Marine mammal management units in habitat regulations assessments Marine mammals: assessing the effects of hearing injury from underwater noise for environmental assessments Managing sediment: marine coastal and estuarine Marine and coastal physical processes assessments Marine vertebrate conservation legislation in Wales Landscape assessments and guidance

Data for assessments

Assessing Welsh Aquaculture Activities (AWAA) Project Marine ecology datasets for marine developments Indicative feature condition assessments for European marine sites (EMS)

Evidence, research and reports

Marine and coastal evidence reports Marine and coastal evidence priorities Mapping environmental considerations for marine planning