# The Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm Order 2026, Paragraph 6: Kittiwake CIMP


The Kittiwake CIMP (if required) must be based on the strategy for kittiwake compensation set out in the kittiwake compensation plan and include—
(a) where the artificial nesting measure is proposed to be taken forward—
(i) details of the locations where the compensation measure will be delivered including details of any relevant seabed agreement(s);
(ii) details of the design of the artificial nesting structure (which must not exceed a maximum of two when combined with the artificial nesting structure in Part 2), including the projected number of nests that will be accommodated on the structure, and how risks from avian or mammalian predation and unauthorised human access will be mitigated;
(iii) an implementation timetable for the delivery of the artificial nesting structure that ensures that the structure is in place to allow for at least three full kittiwake breeding seasons prior to operation of any turbine forming part of the authorised development. For the purposes of this paragraph each breeding season is assumed to have commenced on 1 April in each year and ended on 30 September of that same year;
(iv) details of the maintenance schedules of the artificial nesting structure;
(v) details of the proposed ongoing monitoring and reporting on the effectiveness of the measures, including: survey methods; success criteria; adaptive management measures; timescales for the monitoring and monitoring reports to be delivered; and details of the mechanism to determine the need for any alternative compensation measures and/or adaptive management measures;
(vi) monitoring must include annual monitoring of the number of birds colonising the site including nesting attempts and nest productivity;
(vii) provision for annual reporting to the Secretary of State, to include details of the use of the artificial nesting structure by breeding kittiwake to identify barriers to success and target any adaptive management measures in consultation with the KCSG; and
(viii) recording of KCSG consultations.
(b) where the undertaker elects to pay a contribution to the Marine Recovery Fund wholly or partly in substitution for the artificial nesting measure or as an adaptive management measure—
(i) the compensation which is to be secured through the Marine Recovery Fund;
(ii) the sum of the contribution, to be agreed between the undertaker and Defra or other body responsible for the operation of the Marine Recovery Fund in consultation with the KCSG; and
(iii) the timescales for payment of the contribution to the Marine Recovery Fund.
(c) where the undertaker elects to pay a financial contribution towards the establishment of compensation measures by another party wholly or partly in substitution for the artificial nesting measure or as an adaptive management measure—
(i) the technical specification and implementation timetable for the delivery of the compensation measure(s) to be agreed between the undertaker and the other party in consultation with the KCSG; and
(ii) details of the proposed ongoing monitoring and reporting on the effectiveness of the measures, including: survey methods; success criteria; adaptive management measures; timescales for the monitoring and monitoring reports to be delivered; and details of the mechanism to determine the need for any alternative compensation measures and/or adaptive management measures.
(d) Where the undertaker elects to collaborate with another party in the delivery of compensation measures wholly or partly in substitution for the artificial nesting measure or as an adaptive management measure—
(i) the technical specification and implementation timetable for the delivery of the compensation measure(s) to be agreed between the undertaker and the other party in consultation with the KCSG; and
(ii) details of the proposed ongoing monitoring and reporting on the effectiveness of the measures, including: survey methods; success criteria; adaptive management measures; timescales for the monitoring and monitoring reports to be delivered; and details of the mechanism to determine the need for any alternative compensation measures and/or adaptive management measures.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/138/schedule/22/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/outer-dowsing-offshore-wind-farm-order-2026/schedule-22/paragraph-6
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