CONSTITUENCY BRIEFING · ENERGYMAP.APP
Horsham
Horsham has 51 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 19,000 homes. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £4.0m across the constituency's 43,452 homes. A 57 MW battery was refused planning here in 2024; while discharging it could have supplied about 200,000 homes.
Ranks 125 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Oak Energy HubClearstone Energy Limited | Battery | 400 MW | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref DC/24/1289 |
| Bolney - Battery StorageElements Green | Battery | 200 MW | Still in the grid queue review — no firm connection date yetWho can move it: the grid operator (NESO) · earliest connection 2037 · planning ref DM/21/2276 |
| Kent Street, Cowfold - Battery Energy Storage SystemEnso Energy / Bolney Green Energy Hub | Battery | 57 MW | Refused by Horsham Council in 2024Who can move it: Horsham Council · planning ref DC/24/0054 |
| Cobwood Solar Farm, Burnthouse Lane - Solar Farm & Battery StorageLow Carbon UK Solar | Solar | 50 MW18,000 homes | Approved 2 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref DC/23/2172 |
| Britania Crest Recycling Limited - 3RS EfW FaciltyBritaniacrest Recycling | EfW Incineration | 21 MW | Approved 6 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref WSCC/015/18/NH |
Compared with its neighbours
| Constituency | Approved, not built | Running | Paid to switch off |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horsham | 51 MW | 25 MW | not visible |
| Arundel and South Downs | 0 MW | 21 MW | not visible |
| Godalming and Ash | 1 MW | 2 MW | not visible |
| Dorking and Horley | 0.6 MW | 0 MW | not visible |
| Mid Sussex | 0.2 MW | 5 MW | not visible |
| East Grinstead and Uckfield | 6.1 MW | 11 MW | not visible |
Horsham 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.