Other Permit Submitted

On 6 May 2022, an application for a European Protected Species Licence covering geophysical and benthic surveys for the Salamander Offshore Wind Farm (reference 00009866) was submitted via the Marine Scotland regulatory portal. The Marine Scotland project page lists this entry explicitly as an “European Protected Species Licence Application – Geophysical and Benthic Surveys – Salamander Offshore Wind Farm – 00009866”, categorised under “Application” with the submission date recorded as 2022-05-06. This confirms that the project team sought activity-specific consent to undertake survey works that could interact with European Protected Species in the area of the proposed wind farm. The listing sits within the broader set of Salamander-related applications and licences on marine.gov.scot, but is distinct in its focus on enabling geophysical and benthic investigations rather than overall construction or operation of the generating station. By lodging this application, the developer initiated the formal process for securing permission to carry out regulated survey activities under Scotland’s marine and species protection regime. This step represents an early but important regulatory milestone in Salamander’s development, ensuring that pre-consent survey work to characterise the seabed and marine environment was undertaken within a licenced framework and in compliance with European Protected Species requirements.