Marine Licensing Public Register

Marine and Fisheries Division carries out licensing and enforcement functions in Northern Ireland territorial waters, under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (MCAA) Part 4. You can view details of the active marine licences in the table below, which also has links to further information and documents relevant to each of the licences (available by clicking on the reference number).

This is the new version of the Marine Licensing Public Register. If you can't find the application that you are looking for on this register, it may be on the old register which you can view via the following link;

Marine Licensing Public Register (old version)

Reference number and type	Location	Description	Expiry Date
ML 3_18 Dredge	Cushendun, Co. Antrim	Dredging of slipway at Cushendun	06/12/2021
ML 18_17 Capital Dredge	Rathlin Island	Dredge of Church Bay Harbour	18/04/2020
ML 18_18 Sea Disposal	Rathlin Island	Disposal of dredged material Church Bay Harbour	18/04/2020
ML 16_18 Sea Disposal	Kilkeel, Co. Down	Disposal of dredged material from Kilkeel Harbour	05/02/2022
ML 14_17 Construction	Strangford Lough, Co. Down	Deployment of a gravity based foundation platform for tidal renewable devices	29/02/2020
ML 21_17 Capital Dredge	Red Bay, Co. Antrim	Dredge of Red Bay Harbour	05/03/2020
ML 21_18 Sea Disposal	Red Bay, Co. Antrim	Disposal of dredged material from Red Bay Harbour	05/03/2020
ML 16_17 Construction	Belfast, Co. Antrim	Linkspan replacement	10/03/2020
ML 37_18 Construction	Belfast, Co. Antrim	Replacement of rock armour on Belfast –Bangor railway line	14/03/2020
ML 38_18 Dredge	Knocknagoney, Co.Down	Dredge work at Hollywood Exchange railway	14/03/2020
ML 32_18 Construction	Portstewart	Repair work to Portstewart Harbour	28/02/2022
ML 31_18 Construction	Dunseverick, Co. Antrim	Repair work to Dunseverick Harbour	28/02/2022
ML 26_18 Construction	Newcastle, Co. Down	Removal of sandbar at Newcastle Harbour	31/08/2021
ML 36_18 Construction	Larne, Co. Antrim	Maintenance on the Larne railway line at Inver River	15/04/2020
ML 30_18 Construction	Cushendall, Co. Antrim	Harbour and slipway repair	21/05/2022
ML 11_19 Construction	Murlough Bay, Co. Antrim	Construction of temporary filming set	22/05/2020
ML 23_18 Construction	Whitehead, Co. Antrim	Reinforcement of Blackhead coastal path	10/06/2020
ML 14_18 Dredge	River Lagan	Dredging within the impounded River Lagan	10/06/2020
ML 33_18 Disposal	River Lagan	Disposal of maintenance dredging material	10/06/2020
ML 4_19 Construction	Belfast, Co. Antrim	Construction of storm water outfall	24/06/2020
ML 3_19 Construction	Donaghadee, Co. Antrim	Jetty repair	31/10/2021
ML 48_13 Construction	Rathlin Island	Kelp Growing and Harvesting	30/06/2020
ML 6_19 Construction	Ballyholme, Co. Down	Repair and extend Southern slipway at Ballyholme Yacht Club	30/09/2020
ML 2_18 Construction	Belfast, Co.Antrim	Demolition and removal of a timber quay and reconstruction with a reinforced concrete wall	22/08/2020
ML 16_19 Construction	Dunluce, Co. Antrim	Construction of new outfall pipe	22/08/2020
ML 2_19 Construction	Bushmills, Co. Antrim	Diffuser Head Replacement	22/08/2020
ML 17_19 Construction	Northern Ireland Waters	Rock installation repairs to Western HVDC Link Sub Sea Cable	18/09/2020
ML 15_18 Construction	Dundrum, Co. Down	Removal of abandoned motorboat in Dundrum Bay	01/10/2020
ML 13_19 Construction	Lagan Gateway Project	Provision of new boat lock and mooring pontoons, a new footbridge and footpaths. Project includes the refurbishment of existing lagan weir, replacement of gates, lighting and timber piles	15/10/2020
ML 10_17 Construction	Larne, Co. Antrim	Repair works to existing sea defences	29/02/2020
ML 8_19 Construction	Bangor, Co. Down	Structural repairs to fishing platform	11/11/2020
ML 27_14 Construction	Ballyhenry, Co. Antrim	Testing of Deep Green OceanKite	31/01/2025
ML 5_19 Construction	Warrenpoint Harbour (CO2)	Construction of a Ship to Shore Transfer Facility Transfer Facility for a CO2 Storage at Warrenpoint Port	30/01/2021
ML 12_19 Construction	Ballyferris, Co Down	Construction of new long sea outfall to discharge treated wastewater to Irish Sea	06/01/2021
ML 18_19 Construction	Carrickfergus Sailing Club	Widening of Existing Slipway at Sailing Club	09/01/2021
ML 23_19 Construction	Drumenny Lane, Bready	construction of a new outfall headwall	03/02/2012
ML2020003	West Bay, Portrush	access Improvement and revetment remedial works	under consideration
ML 122_15 Construction, Dredging / Sea Disposal	Belfast Harbour, Co. Antrim	Construction of new berthing facilities at D3	under consideration
ML 1_17 Construction	Fair Head, Co. Antrim	Tidal renewable energy development	under consideration
ML 28_12 Construction	Islandmagee, Co. Antrim	Gas energy storage	under consideration
ML 149_16 Dredge	Belfast Harbour	Dredge work in Belfast Harbour	under consideration
ML 150_16 Disposal	Belfast Harbour	Disposal of dredged material from Belfast Harbour	under consideration
ML 27_18 Construction	Cushendall, Co. Antrim	Demolition of subsided coastal wall	under consideration
ML 39_18 Construction	Newry	Ground investigation works in Newry River	under consideration
ML 1_19 Construction	Delamont / Strangford, Co. Down	Construction of slipway	under consideration
ML 35_18 Construction	Faughan River, Co. Derry	Infrastructural maintenance on Belfast to Derry rail line at the River Faughan. Extension of existing scour prevention measures	under consideration
ML 7_19 Construction	Belfast, Co.Antrim	Installation of floating pontoons for pleasure craft use	under consideration
ML 9_19 Construction	Newcastle, Co. Down	Construction repairs to steps on central promenade, Newcastle	under consideration
ML 15_19 Construction	Belfast Flood Allevation Scheme (Revetment Works on River Lagan)	215m Stretch of in-river piling to prevent further collapse of Ravenhill Quay Wall. Installation of sheet piles.	under consideration
ML 14_19 Disposal	Warrenpoint Harbour, Co. Down	Sea Disposal of maintenance dredging of Warrenpoint	under consideration
ML 19_19 Disposal	Belfast Harbour	Sea Disposal of Belfast Harbour Maintenance Dredging	under consideration
ML 25_19 Construction	West Bank Road, Belfast Harbour	Installation of precast concrete outfall into existing stone revetment	under consideration
ML 24_19 Construction	Translink Culverts Repairs, between Ballycarry & Magheramorne Station, Larne	Translink NI Railways Culvert Strengthening Program	under consideration
ML2020001	Fisherman's Quay, Carrickfergus	Remedial works on Fisherman’s Quay, Carrickfergus	under consideration
ML2020013	City of Derry Boat Club, Prehen	Construction of pontoon	Under consideration

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