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Marine licensing: fees

Fees information for the different marine licences and associated work.

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Fees are payable for different types of project based on the time it takes the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) and the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science to process the application.

An MMO case manager will notify you of the suitable fee band for your application. This can be changed if new information about your project makes a different band more suitable. If your application is moved to a different band, MMO will seek your agreement before doing any further work.

Where an application is to carry out more than 1 licensable activity and they fall in different fee bands, the higher fee band is payable.

For example, an application to dredge material and dispose of it at sea includes a band 3 project (dredging) and a band 2 project (disposal 鈥� if fewer than 1 million cubic metres), so the fees applied to the application will be band 3.

From 1 April 2019, the MMO will recover the costs for carrying out marine licence monitoring inspections for all existing licences that expire after 1st April 2020 and all new applications received after 1st April 2019.

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Updates to this page

Published 11 June 2014
Last updated 1 April 2025 show all updates
  1. Marine licence fees - updated

  2. Cefas rates - update

  3. Banner update

  4. Cefas rate change

  5. 27 March 2023 update.

  6. 27 March 2023 update.

  7. 27 March 2023 update.

  8. Small amend

  9. Terms and conditions update

  10. Small amend.

  11. Licence fees amended

  12. Updated page with changes to fees

  13. Amendments made to PDF and HTML attachments in line with .GOV accessibility guidelines

  14. COVID-19 update

  15. Information amended

  16. New Terms and Conditions document attached

  17. Notification added of change to Fees structure - as of 01/04/2019 MMO will charge for Monitoring Inspections in accordance with the fees structure

  18. Travel guide updated

  19. Fees updated

  20. Terms and conditions changed

  21. Text changes made

  22. Disposing of dredged material at sea removed

  23. Text updated

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  25. Terms and Conditions for carrying out chargeable activities for marine licensing

  26. Terms and Conditions for carrying out chargeable activities for marine licensing PDF updated

  27. Terms and Conditions for carrying out chargeable activities for marine licensing added

  28. Bank details changed

  29. Added information about fees for variations and monitoring which will be charged from 1 October 2014.

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