Regulatory Other

An Outline Seabird Compensation Plan for the West of Orkney Windfarm is listed on the Marine Scotland (marine.gov.scot) project page as a post-consent submission. Within the "Project Applications and supporting documentation" section, under the application stage table, the entry is described as "Outline Seabird Compensation Plan – West of Orkney Windfarm – Offshore Generating Station – West of Hoy, Orkney" with the application stage marked as "Post-consent" and the project type as "Renewables - Wind." The table records the date submitted as 2025-07-15, indicating that this document had been formally lodged with the competent marine authority by mid-July 2025. This Outline Seabird Compensation Plan sits alongside other consent- and licence-related documents for the West of Orkney Windfarm, but is distinguished as a post-consent item rather than an original licence or application. Its presence in the Marine Scotland documentation listing demonstrates that, following the grant of core consents for the offshore generating station, the project has progressed into the phase of submitting detailed, topic-specific plans required under consent conditions. In this case, the plan focuses on seabird-related measures associated with the offshore generating station off the west coast of Hoy, Orkney. The submission of this plan represents an important regulatory step in satisfying post-consent requirements tied to environmental considerations, and forms part of the broader compliance and implementation pathway for the West of Orkney Windfarm.