Question follow-through · 45399
Ports: Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the revised Lyme Regis and Bridport Harbour Order (revision of October 2022) for Dorset Council will include provisions to allow the granting of longer leases; and what assessment her Department has mad
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 8 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 23 Apr 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the revised Lyme Regis and Bridport Harbour Order (revision of October 2022) for Dorset Council will include provisions to allow the granting of longer leases; and what assessment her Department has mad
22 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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23 Apr 2025
Answer published
The department does not manage the process of Harbour orders, as this process is led by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO). The MMO is unusually busy with Harbour orders at present but is working continuously to process all harbour orders. Whilst th...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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