The Crown Estate have set out initial plans for how the UK’s seabed can continue to support the accelerated delivery of nature recovery and the transition to clean energy, called the Marine Delivery Routemap (MDR).
The Crown Estate has been working with stakeholders, amid increasing demand on the seabed from sectors critical to the UK economy, to create a long-term view of how the seabed is used, The Crown Estate hopes to achieve a number of important benefits, including:
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Providing visibility and certainty for developers across a wide range of sectors, helping boost market confidence and attract international investment;
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Identifying new areas for biodiversity and nature restoration;
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Accelerating the delivery of offshore renewables, helping address current pinch-points such as consenting and grid connections; and
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Supporting the economic development and prosperity of onshore communities, by enabling a long-term view of the investment needed for key enablers like skills, ports and supply-chain.
Source: Crown Estate.