Consultation outcome

Offshore wind: setting up the Marine Recovery Fund

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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).


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.

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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.

Updates to this page

Published 31 March 2025
Last updated 13 October 2025 show all updates
  1. Added the summary of responses and government response.

  2. 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. First published.

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