Consent Variation Awarded

On 14 November 2016, Marine Scotland issued a Marine Licence Variation for the Hywind Scotland Pilot Park, recorded on its marine licensing portal under reference 05515/16/0 and classified as a licence for renewables – wind activities. The entry appears alongside the project’s core marine consents, confirming that this is a formal variation to the existing marine licensing framework governing the pilot floating wind development located approximately 25 km off the coast at Peterhead, North East Scotland, just outside the 12 nautical mile territorial limit. The project’s licensable marine activities include construction, installation, operation and maintenance, and the variation sits within this overall regulatory context. Because the record is listed as a granted “Marine Licence Variation” rather than an open application, and is dated specifically to 2016-11-14, it indicates that Marine Scotland, acting as the competent authority, approved an amendment to the previously consented marine licence for Hywind Scotland. While the portal does not detail the specific technical changes implemented by this variation, its presence in the post-consent documentation confirms that the project’s consent envelope was formally updated at this point in time. This regulatory adjustment formed part of the ongoing refinement and management of consent conditions necessary to support the subsequent construction, installation and operational phases of the Hywind Scotland Pilot Park within Scottish territorial waters and adjacent offshore areas.