Consultation outcome

Offshore wind: setting up the Marine Recovery Fund

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 31 March 2025
• Last updated: 13 October 2025 — See all updates

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We received 43 responses to this consultation. The UK government will continue to draft the secondary legislation required to establish the Marine Recovery Fund (MRF).

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Original consultation

Summary

Seeking views on how the Marine Recovery Fund (MRF) will function. We will use the responses to this consultation to finalise the design of the MRF.

This consultation was held on another website.

This consultation ran from
3pm on 31 March 2025 to 11:59pm on 12 May 2025

Consultation description

We want to know what you think about the proposed Marine Recovery Fund (MRF), including:

• the application process
• the costs and charges
• how it will deliver compensatory measures

The MRF will deliver industry-funded, strategic measures to compensate for adverse effects of offshore wind developments on marine protected areas. This will support the Clean Power Mission.

Published 31 March 2025

Last updated 13 October 2025 + show all updates

1. 13 October 2025

   Added the summary of responses and government response.

2. 24 July 2025

   Added detail of feedback received. We received 43 responses. We expect to publish the summary of the responses and government response by autumn 2025, ahead of the fund becoming operational by the end of the year.

3. 31 March 2025

   First published.