What have we learned?

Initial community response

We work hand-in-hand with local communities to align with your values and needs. We believe that better projects come through listening, collaborating and delivering with care. 

We held two online events to introduce our initial plans for the wind farm. Here’s a summary of the feedback we gathered. We used this feedback to help us design more specific community engagement events to inform our plans.

• The community is supportive of renewable energy and climate action.
• Community councils are keen to work with OnPath Energy (formerly Banks Renewables) to develop the project sensitively. Each have active community development plans that can be supported by the project.
• Community members want us to carefully consider the impact on wildlife, biodiversity and the long-term effects of a development.
• Local people want investment in local jobs.
• Local people want the impact of the community benefit fund to be proximate to the wind farm, and not based on borders.
• Sensitive consideration should be given to local water supplies, properties and roads during construction.

We work together with local communities at every stage of our projects. We ensure that you have plenty of opportunities to provide your input and we keep you updated throughout the project.