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Eastbourne

MP: Josh Babarinde (Liberal Democrat) England Data to July 2026

Eastbourne has 1 MW of renewables running, enough for 500 homes over a year, and nothing large waiting in the planning queue. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £4.2m across the constituency's 45,610 homes.

Ranks 466 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.

What is stuck, and why

Project and developerTechSizeWhy it is stuck
Suncoast Solar FarmLow Carbon Solar Park 20 Limited Solar 20 MW7,300 homes Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 230800
Suncoast Battery StorageLow Carbon Solar Park 20 Limited Battery 5 MW Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 230800

Compared with its neighbours

ConstituencyApproved, not builtRunningPaid to switch off
Eastbourne 0.7 MW1.3 MWnot visible
Lewes 26 MW42 MWnot visible
Bexhill and Battle 1.9 MW16 MWnot visible

Lewes next door has 26 MW waiting, more than Eastbourne's 0.7 MW.

The rest of the briefing

  • Every approval each project still needs, and which of them the public can see
  • What building them would mean here — community payments, business rates and construction work
  • Drafted parliamentary questions and letters, filled in with this seat's figures
  • 2 story angles for local reporting
  • A two-page PDF, and a newsroom edition with the references and who to call
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