Offshore wind - strategic compensation policy: strategic environmental assessment - post adoption statement

Footnotes

1 Scottish Government (2024). Scottish Biodiversity Strategy to 2045 [online] Available at: Scottish Biodiversity Strategy to 2045 | Scottish Government (accessed 06/11/2025)

2 Scottish Government (2020). Securing a green recovery on a path to net zero: climate change plan 2018–2032 – update [online] Available at: Securing a green recovery on a path to net zero: climate change plan 2018–2032 – update | Scottish Government (accessed 06/11/2025)

3 Scottish Government (2025). Draft Updated Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy [online] Available at: Draft Updated Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy – gov.scot (accessed 06/11/2025)

4 UK Government (2025). Consultation on Offshore Wind Environmental Compensatory Measures Reforms [online] Available at: Consultation on Offshore Wind Environmental Compensatory Measures Reforms - Defra - Citizen Space (accessed 10/12/2025)

5 Scottish Government (2005) Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005, asp 15 [online] Available at: Environmental Assessment (accessed 06/11/2025).

6 NatureScot and Natural England.

7 Scottish Government (2025) Strategic Compensation Policy for Offshore Wind. Available at: Strategic Compensation Policy for Offshore Wind (accessed 06/11/2025).

8 Scottish Government (2025) Offshore wind - strategic compensation policy: business and regulatory impact assessment [online] Available at: Offshore wind - strategic compensation policy: business and regulatory impact assessment - gov.scot (accessed 10/12/2025)

9 Scottish Government (2025) Offshore wind - strategic compensation policy: consultation analysis report [online] Available at: Offshore wind - strategic compensation policy: consultation analysis report - gov.scot (accessed 10/12/2025)

10 This would include coastal cultural and historical heritage where a pathway of effect is identified.

11 UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Act 2021 [online] Available at: Guidance: Strategic environmental assessment and sustainability appraisal | gov.uk (accessed 06/11/2025)

12 Scottish Government (2025) Offshore wind - strategic compensation policy: strategic environmental assessment [online] Available at: Offshore wind - strategic compensation policy: strategic environmental assessment - gov.scot (accessed 10/12/2025)

13 NESO (2022). Pathway to 2030: Holistic Network Design [online] Available at: Pathway to 2030: Holistic Network Design | NESO (accessed 10/12/2025)

14 NESO (2024). Beyond 2030: A national blueprint for a decarbonised electricity system in Great Britain [online] Available at: Beyond 2030: A national blueprint for a decarbonised electricity system in Great Britain | NESO (accessed 10/12/2025)

15 To note, since the publication of the SEA, NESO have published the HND Implementation Plan [online] Available at: HND Implementation Plan (accessed 15/12/2025)

16 Scottish Government (2025) Strategic Compensation Policy for Offshore Wind. Available at: Strategic Compensation Policy for Offshore Wind (accessed 06/11/2025).

17 Scottish Government (2025) Offshore wind - strategic compensation policy: consultation analysis report [online] Available at: Offshore wind - strategic compensation policy: consultation analysis report - gov.scot (accessed 10/12/2025)

18 Scottish Government (2025) Draft marine and coastal restoration plan: strategic environmental assessment environmental report. Available at: Draft marine and coastal restoration plan: strategic environmental assessment environmental report - gov.scot (accessed 02/12/2025).

19 Scottish Government (2025) Offshore wind - strategic compensation policy: strategic environmental assessment [online] Available at: Offshore wind - strategic compensation policy: strategic environmental assessment - gov.scot (accessed 10/12/2025)

20 As defined under section 290 of the Energy Act, and section 731 of the explanatory notes of the Energy Act [online] Available at: Energy Act 2023 Explanatory Notes (accessed 10/12/2025)

21 Scottish Government (2025) Draft marine and coastal restoration plan: strategic environmental assessment environmental report. Available at: Draft marine and coastal restoration plan: strategic environmental assessment environmental report - gov.scot (accessed 02/12/2025).