Other Permit Submitted

On 25 August 2022, an application for a Marine Licence Variation covering an alternative landfall cable installation method at Cockenzie, East Lothian was submitted to Marine Scotland for the Seagreen 1A export cable corridor. The Marine Scotland project record lists this entry as “Marine Licence Variation – Alternative Landfall Cable Installation Method – Cockenzie, East Lothian - 00010019” with the application type recorded as “Application” in the cable category, and a submission date of 2022-08-25. This marks the formal lodging of a request to modify the previously consented export cable works to accommodate a different landfall installation approach at Cockenzie. The same record shows that this variation application followed earlier preparatory steps, including a Screening Request and a Screening Opinion for the “Alternative Landfall Cable Installation Method – Cockenzie, East Lothian” issued on 14 June 2022, indicating prior engagement with Marine Scotland on the environmental and regulatory implications of the proposed change. It also sits within a wider consent history for the Seagreen 1A export cable corridor, where the original Marine Licence for construction of the export cable (reference 00009291) and associated Decision Notice and Appropriate Assessment were determined in December 2021 and January 2022. Subsequent entries show that the variation associated with this application (reference 00010019) was later granted as a Marine Licence on 16 August 2023, and that other licence variations, such as the June 2023 transfer of offshore transmission infrastructure, were also processed. This sequence underscores the 25 August 2022 submission as the key regulatory step in seeking approval for the alternative Cockenzie landfall installation method within Marine Scotland’s licensing framework for Seagreen 1A.