The Conservation of Habitats and Species (Offshore Wind) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2026

These Regulations are made under section 293 of the Energy Act 2023 (c. 52) which enables regulations to make provision about the taking or securing of measures in compensation for adverse environmental effects of offshore wind activities (“compensatory measures”). Such measures must be secured where offshore wind activity is agreed to, notwithstanding a negative assessment of the implications for certain marine sites, in accordance with regulation 68 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1012) (“Inshore Regulations”) and regulation 36 of the Conservation of Offshore Marine Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1013) (“Offshore Regulations”).