{"id":7972,"date":"2026-04-24T14:31:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T13:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maritimeregulator.ie\/?p=7972"},"modified":"2026-04-24T14:31:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T13:31:47","slug":"maritime-usage-licence-applications-and-public-consultation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maritimeregulator.ie\/ga\/maritime-usage-licence-applications-and-public-consultation\/","title":{"rendered":"Maritime Usage Licence Applications and Public Consultation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Maritime Area Regulatory Authority (MARA) has today published a note for Maritime Usage Licence Applicants in relation to Public Consultation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maritimeregulator.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MUL-Guidance_Public-Consultation.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7974\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maritimeregulator.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Note-211x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"406\" height=\"578\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Section 117(6)(b) of the Maritime Area Planning Act 2021 sets out the statutory provisions whereby MARA requires the Applicant to give the public \u2018relevant notice\u2019 regarding the MUL application.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The note published today is intended to assist Maritime Usage Licence Applicants in this public consultation aspect of the application process.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The note outlines specific requirements of the public consultation process and also provides useful tools including a template notice and a checklist to assist applicants.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Further information is available on the Public Consultations page of the MARA website at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maritimeregulator.ie\/our-work\/maritime-usage-licences\/public-consultations\/\">https:\/\/www.maritimeregulator.ie\/our-work\/maritime-usage-licences\/public-consultations\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Maritime Area Regulatory Authority (MARA) has today published a note for Maritime Usage Licence Applicants in relation to Public Consultation. &nbsp; Section 117(6)(b) of the Maritime Area Planning Act 2021 sets out the statutory provisions whereby MARA requires the Applicant to give the public \u2018relevant notice\u2019 regarding the MUL application. &nbsp; &nbsp; The note [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7973,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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