Recommendation 37

The Government should establish what proportion of ecological enhancements and landscape mitigations for energy infrastructure are delivered in practice, the most common reasons for lack of enforcement, and potential solutions. This analysis should consider offsite, as well as onsite, mitigations and how national planning policy could put more responsibility on developers for ensuring that such commitments are fulfilled. We would suggest: • Requiring developers to identify specific sites for landscape and environmental mitigations and negotiate with landowners in advance of applying for development consent. • Allowing the compulsory acquisition of sites identified for landscape and environmental mitigations if voluntary agreements are not possible. (Recommendation, Paragraph 86) Renewable energy infrastructure