Public Consultation

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) opened a formal public consultation on an application from Mona Offshore Wind Limited for a marine licence under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009. The application concerns the Mona Landfall Geotechnical Survey, an activity requiring a regulated marine licence due to its potential interactions with the marine and coastal environment. The consultation was hosted on NRW’s Citizen Space platform under the title “Notice of Application for Mona Landfall Geotechnical Survey,” where members of the public and interested stakeholders could review the application and provide comments. The consultation period opened on 27 March 2025. As part of this process, NRW made the application documents available free of charge via its public register, with stakeholders able to locate the materials using the specific application reference number RML2516. The Citizen Space notice identified the Marine Licensing Team at NRW, via the marinelicensing@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk contact address, as the point of contact for queries or submissions related to the application. The consultation targeted a range of marine and coastal interests, including marine developers, marine planners, and coastal group members, ensuring broad stakeholder engagement. The consultation formally closed on 23 April 2025, marking the end of the advertised window for public feedback on the proposed Mona Landfall Geotechnical Survey. With the consultation now closed, NRW would be expected to consider the responses received, alongside the application documentation, in determining whether to grant the requested marine licence for the survey activities associated with the Mona offshore wind project’s landfall.