Onshore wind: community benefits and engagement best practice
Guidance on community benefits and engagement for onshore wind farm developers, communities living near wind farms, and local authorities in England.
Applies to England
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The Community Benefits Guidance sets expectations for onshore wind developers when providing community benefits packages to host communities in England. It covers:
- the criteria for providing community benefits, including expected funding values
- best practice principles of community engagement
- common models of community benefit available to communities
- additional support available for communities
- treatment of community benefits when project circumstances change
The Community Benefits Resource Kit is to help developers and host communities configure long-term relationships that suit local circumstances. It includes information on:
- case studies
- community action plans
- guidelines for applicants
- community benefits agreements
The Community Engagement Guidance provides more detail on the best practice principles of:
- engaging communities early
- maintaining communication throughout the project
- ensuring transparency at every stage
Updates to this page
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Community Benefits Guidance and Resource Kit published. Structural changes made to the community engagement good practice guidance, to remove the community benefits section, now included in the Community Benefits Guidance.
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Guidance updated to reflect: - the range of approaches that onshore wind developers and communities are taking to engage with each other - the range of benefits available to communities who host onshore wind developments. The updated guidance does not alter the current planning regime or the principle of community backing that applies to onshore wind developments in England.
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First published.