Frome and East Somerset
Frome and East Somerset has 87 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 32,000 homes. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £3.6m across the constituency's 38,645 homes. A 60 MW battery was refused planning here in 2026; while discharging it could have supplied about 210,000 homes.
Ranks 74 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Georges Cross Farm, Berkley Lane - Battery Energy StorageIntegrum SPV 23101 Limited | Battery | 60 MW | Refused by Somerset Council in 2026Who can move it: Somerset Council · planning ref 2025/0690/FUL |
| Bluebell Wood Solar Farm & Battery StorageLow Carbon UK Solar Investment Co Limited | Battery | 50 MW | Approved 2 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 2023/2183/FUL |
| Bluebell Wood Solar Farm & Battery StorageLow Carbon UK Solar Investment Co Limited | Solar | 50 MW18,000 homes | Approved 2 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 2023/2183/FUL |
| Frome Power, Styles Close - Energy Storage FacilityTrina Solar UK Hold Co Limited | Battery | 30 MW | Waiting 3.1 years for a planning decisionWho can move it: Somerset Council · planning ref 2023/1070/FUL |
| Marksbury Plain - Solar ParkRenewable Connections Developments Limited | Solar | 15 MW5,400 homes | Approved 4 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 21/04881/FUL |
| Lodge Hill, Berkley - Solar ParkWessex Solar Energy Limited | Solar | 14 MW5,300 homes | Approved 4 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 2021/2191/FUL |
| Ash Farm, Charlton Road - Battery Storage SystemAsh Farm Solar Limited | Battery | 10 MW | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 2024/0795/FUL |
| Parcel 2882, Water Lane - Solar FarmPathfinder Clean Energy UK Dev Limited | Solar | 9.2 MW3,300 homes | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 24/03894/FUL |
| Midsomer Norton - Battery Energy Storage SystemConrad Energy (Developments) II Limited | Battery | 6 MW | Under constructionWho can move it: the developer · earliest connection 2027 (in construction) · planning ref 21/03281/FUL |
| Lodge Farm Solar FarmEcotricity | Solar | 5 MW1,800 homes | Under constructionWho can move it: the developer · earliest connection 2027 (in construction) · planning ref 2011/0765 |
| Ash Farm, Charlton Road - Solar PanelsAsh Farm Solar Limited | Solar | 5 MW1,800 homes | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 2024/0795/FUL |
Plus 7 smaller projects — see the full seat page.
Compared with its neighbours
| Constituency | Approved, not built | Running | Paid to switch off |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frome and East Somerset | 87 MW | 34 MW | not visible |
| South West Wiltshire | 74 MW | 71 MW | not visible |
| Melksham and Devizes | 51 MW | 133 MW | not visible |
| Wells and Mendip Hills | 78 MW | 131 MW | not visible |
| Glastonbury and Somerton | 21 MW | 95 MW | not visible |
| North East Somerset and Hanham | 0.5 MW | 5.2 MW | not visible |
Frome and East Somerset has more approved-and-waiting capacity than any of its neighbouring seats.
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
- 3 story angles for local reporting
- A two-page PDF, and a newsroom edition with the references and who to call
Everything above needs no account, and neither does the full seat page, the method or this constituency's raw data. The account covers the packaged briefing and its PDF, and nothing else.