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Grantham and Bourne
Grantham and Bourne has 151 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 55,000 homes. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £4.0m across the constituency's 43,089 homes.
Ranks 32 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canners Lane Energy Park, High Dike - Battery Energy StorageNatPower UK | Battery | 1,000 MW | Applied in 2025, still waiting for a decisionWho can move it: North Kesteven Council · planning ref S25/1534 |
| Heckington Fen Solar ParkEcotricity Limited | Solar | 500 MW182,000 homes | Cannot connect to the grid until 2028, 3 years after it was approvedWho can move it: the grid operator (NESO) and National Grid · earliest connection 2028 · planning ref EN010123 |
| Little Hale Drove, Little Hale Fen - Battery StorageRoot-Power (South) Limited | Battery | 99 MW | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 24/1265/FUL |
| Little Hale Fen - Solar FarmAGR Solar 2 Limited | Battery | 50 MW | Approved less than a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 23/1021/FUL |
| Little Hale Fen - Solar FarmAGR Solar 2 Limited | Solar | 50 MW18,000 homes | Approved less than a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 23/1021/FUL |
| Bypass Solar FarmBy-Pass Farm Solar Limited | Solar | 50 MW18,000 homes | Approved 5 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref S20/1433 |
| Ash Tree Solar Farm & Battery StorageLow Carbon Limited | Solar | 50 MW18,000 homes | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref S23/2199 |
| Welby Solar Farm, Welby - Solar FarmIsland Green Power | Solar | 46 MW17,000 homes | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref S24/1040 |
| Burton Gorse Plantation, Whitecross Lane - Solar PanelsStarlight Energy | Solar | 42 MW15,000 homes | Waiting 16 months for a planning decisionWho can move it: North Kesteven Council · planning ref 24/1470/FUL |
| Glebe Farm Solar FarmStark Energy Limited | Solar | 39 MW14,000 homes | Refused by South Kesteven Council in 2025Who can move it: South Kesteven Council · planning ref S25/1194 |
| Washdyke Farm, Billingborough Road - Solar farmGS Ignis Limited | Solar | 27 MW9,800 homes | Approved 2 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref S23/0511 |
| White Cross LaneNextpower SPV 5 Limited | Solar | 25 MW9,100 homes | Under constructionWho can move it: the developer · earliest connection 2027 (in construction) · planning ref 19/0863/FUL |
Plus 6 smaller projects — see the full seat page.
Compared with its neighbours
| Constituency | Approved, not built | Running | Paid to switch off |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grantham and Bourne | 151 MW | 120 MW | not visible |
| South Holland and The Deepings | 130 MW | 113 MW | not visible |
| Rutland and Stamford | 379 MW | 23 MW | not visible |
| Sleaford and North Hykeham | 43 MW | 59 MW | not visible |
| Boston and Skegness | 125 MW | 113 MW | not visible |
| Melton and Syston | 76 MW | 34 MW | not visible |
Rutland and Stamford next door has 379 MW waiting, more than Grantham and Bourne's 151 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
- 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.