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Environmental Compensatory Measures Reforms for Offshore Wind: policy background and proposed compensation hierarchy

How legislation is changing to enable wider compensatory measures for offshore wind and the proposed compensation hierarchy.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 27 February 2026

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Environmental Compensatory Measures Reforms for Offshore Wind: policy background and proposed compensation hierarchy

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This policy note summarises  

• the wider policy and delivery context for the Environmental Compensatory Measures Reform (ECMR) for offshore wind Statutory Instrument (SI) 
• our plans to publish further guidance and information on this topic when the SI comes into force in May this year, including a proposed version of the compensation hierarchy referred to in the SI

Published 27 February 2026