BEIS OPRED has published an updated version of the guidance ‘Quadrant/Block Specific Issues‘ on it’s gov.uk webpage ‘Oil and gas: offshore environmental legislation‘.
All offshore activities that follow from successful licence award are subject to a range of statutory
permitting and consenting requirements, including environmental assessment by BEIS. In considering such applications for permit or consent, advice will be routinely sought from other Government Departments and statutory nature conservation agencies such as the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC).
These bodies have administrative requirements of their own. For instance, they may have defined minimum processing times; they may wish to warn applicants of other regulatory controls; or they may have concerns about certain kinds of activity at certain times of the year.
To the extent that BEIS is aware of such requirements they have set them out in this document, but it is not an exhaustive list of all issues. Against each requirement they have indicated the originating organisation(s), and any queries are best addressed to them.
This document can be found under the heading ‘Environmentally sensitive areas‘ within the section ‘Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration, Production, Unloading and Storage (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2020‘
Source: BEIS OPRED.