CONSTITUENCY BRIEFING · ENERGYMAP.APP
Hornchurch and Upminster
Hornchurch and Upminster has 50 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 18,000 homes. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £3.9m across the constituency's 41,963 homes.
Ranks 138 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Tye Farm - Energy Storage FacilityLondon & Essex Energy Limited | Battery | 200 MW | Applied in 2026, still waiting for a decisionWho can move it: Havering Council · planning ref P0634.26 |
| Fen Lane, Bulphan Solar FarmDIF Capital Partners | Solar | 50 MW18,000 homes | Under constructionWho can move it: the developer · earliest connection 2027 (in construction) · planning ref P0059.21 |
| Clay Tye Road - Solar FarmREG Windpower Limited | Solar | 50 MW18,000 homes | Waiting 5.3 years for a planning decisionWho can move it: Havering Council · planning ref P0814.21 |
Compared with its neighbours
| Constituency | Approved, not built | Running | Paid to switch off |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hornchurch and Upminster | 50 MW | 2.6 MW | not visible |
| Thurrock | 18 MW | 105 MW | not visible |
| South Basildon and East Thurrock | 50 MW | 15 MW | not visible |
| Dagenham and Rainham | 0.9 MW | 7.9 MW | not visible |
| Romford | 0.8 MW | 0.3 MW | not visible |
| Brentwood and Ongar | 1 MW | 50 MW | not visible |
South Basildon and East Thurrock next door has 50 MW waiting, more than Hornchurch and Upminster's 50 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
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