Community benefits from onshore wind developments: best practice guidance for England

Publication Year

2014

Document Status

Withdrawn

Abstract

Aims to help communities in England to better understand the opportunities available to them from community benefits and to help communities, developers and local authorities in England to: tailor community benefit packages to suit individual local communities’ needs; be flexible in approach, to enable the best outcomes to be reached, for all involved, over time; and identify innovative solutions which can differentiate businesses in the market and put places on the map. Designed to recognise, facilitate and promote approaches which ensure a proportion of the tangible benefits that flow from wind farms go directly to the communities nearby, in a way that reflects the communities’ needs. Relevant for all onshore wind developments in England, including proposed developments of greater than 50 MW (Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects) which require planning consent from the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change rather than the local planning authority.

Document History

Superseded by Community engagement and benefits from onshore wind developments. Good practice guidance for England (BEIS, 2021). Prepared by Regen SW for the DECC. Related to the following: Onshore wind - call for evidence: Government response to Part A (community engagement and benefits) and Part B (costs) (DECC, 2013); and Community engagements for onshore wind developments: best practice guidance for England (DECC, 2014).

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