NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR VARIATION TO KINMEL BAY COASTAL DEFENCE IMPROVEMENTS SCHEME

Closes 22 Jan 2025

Opened 12 Dec 2024

Contact

Marine Licensing Team

marinelicensing@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk

Overview

MARINE AND COASTAL ACCESS ACT 2009 MARINE WORKS (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) REGULATIONS 2007 NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR VARIATION TO KINMEL BAY COASTAL DEFENCE IMPROVEMENTS SCHEME

Notice is hereby given that Conwy County Borough Council applied to Natural Resources Wales (“NRW”) for a marine licence to carry out a regulated activity under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009. The project requires EIA consent and is subject to the requirement for an environmental impact assessment (“EIA”) under the Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2007 (“the EIA Regulations”). An environmental statement has been prepared by the applicant.

The application is for varying the existent marine licence CML2272v1 for coastal defence scheme in Kinmel Bay, to alter the design from two access points at the eastern side of Towyn Bay Revetment to one. The installation will also require vibro-hammer pilling and the placement of a temporary cofferdam.

Copies of the environmental statement and the above documents can also be obtained online from https://publicregister.naturalresources.wales/ using reference CML2272v2 or by emailing NRW at permittingconsultations@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk.

If printed copies of the above documents are requested, a charge not exceeding reasonable copying costs may be payable. 

Give us your views

Any person wishing to make representations regarding the application and the environmental statement should do so by writing to NRW to the

Permitting Service
Natural Resources Wales
Welsh Government Offices
Cathays Park
King Edward VII Avenue
Cardiff
CF10 3NQ

or by email to marinelicensing@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk. Representations should be dated and clearly state the name (in block capitals) and the full return email or postal address of the person making the representation.

Please quote reference number CML2272v2 in all correspondence.

Representations received from members of the public will be dealt with in accordance with Schedule 5 of the EIA Regulations. Copies of written representations received by NRW will be sent to the applicant and may also be made publicly available.

NRW is an appropriate authority under the EIA Regulations and has been delegated functions as the appropriate licensing authority by the Welsh Ministers for the purposes of Part 4 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009. In determining the application, NRW may grant EIA consent for the project; grant EIA consent for the project with conditions attached; or, refuse EIA consent for the project.

Areas

  • All Areas

Audiences

  • marine developers
  • marine planners
  • Network Completion Project Task and Finish Group
  • Coastal Group Members

Interests

  • EIA
  • Development
  • Marine Protected Areas Network Completion Project
  • Marine Area Statement