# The North Falls Offshore Wind Farm Order 2026, Paragraph 21: Guillemot CIMP


The guillemot CIMP must include—
(a) details of the location(s) where the compensation measure will be delivered and the suitability of that location (including details of its ability to accommodate the number of breeding pairs of guillemot needed to compensate for the impact of the authorised development on the population of the FFC SPA and Farne Islands SPA) and consideration of relevant site selection surveys, stakeholder consultation and data analysis;
(b) details of how any necessary land access rights, licences and approvals have or will be obtained and any biosecurity measures will be or have been secured;
(c) details of the scale of management interventions (including consideration of compensation ratios) and how this compensation measure will be delivered and an implementation timetable;
(d) details of survey methodologies, monitoring and maintenance programmes;
(e) success criteria;
(f) survey and reporting programmes for guillemot;
(g) details of any adaptive management measures, with details of the factors used to trigger any such measures;
(h) provision for reports to be delivered to the GCSG and to the Secretary of State;
(i) a plan for reporting to the GCSG and consulting the GCSG on the details of any proposed adaptive management measures and/or amendments to the guillemot CIMP; and
(j) provision for the option to be exercised by the undertaker, following consent in writing of the Secretary of State, to pay a contribution to the Marine Recovery Fund wholly or partly in substitution for the compensation measure as an adaptive management measure for the purposes of paragraph (g). The sum of the contribution to be agreed between the undertaker and the MRFO in consultation with the GCSG.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/567/schedule/15/paragraph/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/north-falls-offshore-wind-farm-order-2026/schedule-15/paragraph-21
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