Leasing Round 6 – May / June 2026 Market Webinars and Questionnaires and Bilateral Discussions at Global Offshore Wind

The Crown Estate, as manager of the seabed around England, Wales and Northern Ireland, periodically holds competitive tenders to award seabed rights for the development, construction and operation of offshore wind farms. In September 2024, The Crown Estate set out its approach to bringing such future tenders to market in its Future of Offshore Wind publication (Future of offshore wind | The Crown Estate). This was published alongside a report setting out our ambition to develop a Marine Delivery Routemap, which is intended to help enable a more holistic approach to be taken in relation to seabed development in the future. With the recent announcement of our intention to launch a new leasing round in 2027 (Offshore Wind Leasing Round 6) and building on the approach taken by The Crown Estate in previous leasing rounds, such as Offshore Wind Leasing Rounds 4 and 5, The Crown Estate is committed to engaging with a broad spectrum of market participants and other stakeholders to inform the development of its Leasing Round 6 and future leasing processes. In this context, The Crown Estate intends to undertake further preliminary market engagement in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023, through two upcoming webinars and a questionnaire, to gather input on the design of Leasing Round 6 and future leasing rounds. These two events and the questionnaire are targeted at existing and prospective offshore wind developers and project investors only. Revenue and Tender Model Webinar – Thursday 28th May 2026. This is planned to be a live presentation from The Crown Estate Leasing and Commercial teams. We intend to provide an opportunity for attendees to participate in a live question and answer session. Leasing Round 6 Market Engagement Questionnaire – We anticipate that the questionnaire will open around Friday 29th May and will close around Friday 26th June. It is intended that the questionnaire will focus on the general content of the revenue and tender model webinar, with the