Abby started her consenting career at the Marine Management Organisation (MMO), where she rose from Marine Licensing Case Officer to Case Manager. She worked on more than ten offshore wind farms and other nationally significant infrastructure projects at every stage of the Development Consent Order (DCO) process, from pre-application to post-consent. For the government, she carried out Habitats Regulations Assessments, Marine Conservation Zone assessments and Environmental Impact Assessments, weighing evidence from statutory bodies, NGOs and developers. She also helped develop a template for marine licensing provisions in DCOs, which drew on detailed knowledge of impacts such as underwater noise and disturbance to marine mammal prey. At the MMO she managed case officers and project budgets, and trained both government and non-government organisations.

She then moved to Flotation Energy as Senior Offshore Consenter on the Morecambe Offshore Windfarm’s generation and transmission assets, which she took through examination, decision and post-consent. There she led the offshore post-consent strategy for discharging conditions, which covers three Deemed Marine Licences and three compensation schedules. She also ran compensation schemes in England and Scotland and secured marine and seabed survey licences. She was the project’s lead contact with Natural England, the MMO, NatureScot and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.

Abby holds an LLM in Environmental Law and Practice from De Montfort University and an LLB from the University of Lincoln.

I’m so delighted to welcome Abby to CoralPoint. Her experience in offshore wind consenting, from both the developer and regulator perspective, brings valuable depth to our team. With her knowledge of marine licensing, stakeholder engagement and post-consent delivery, she strengthens our ability to help clients navigate complex consenting challenges and move their projects towards construction. Really looking forward to working together!" Emilie Reeve, Co-CEO, CoralPoint

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