Question follow-through · 109749

Wind Power: Community Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the i) effectiveness and ii) adequacy of the consistency of voluntary community benefits guidance for onshore wind developments.

answeredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tabled
29 Jan 2026
Target answer date
2 Feb 2026
Answer
6 Feb 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 29 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the i) effectiveness and ii) adequacy of the consistency of voluntary community benefits guidance for onshore wind developments.

  2. 2 Feb 2026

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  3. 6 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    England and Scotland have established voluntary community benefits guidance for onshore wind, setting out best practice approaches with expectations that developers provide £5,000 per megawatt of capacity yearly over the project’s lifetime. The quality an...

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