CONSTITUENCY BRIEFING · ENERGYMAP.APP
Meriden and Solihull East
Meriden and Solihull East has 1.9 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 700 homes. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £3.8m across the constituency's 41,437 homes.
Ranks 345 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Beanit Farm, Balsall Common - Battery StoragePenso Power (BW ESS) | Battery | 200 MW | Under constructionWho can move it: the developer · earliest connection 2027 (in construction) · planning ref PL/2022/02308/PPFL |
| Henwood Lane, Catherine De Barnes - Battery Storage FacilityARL016 | Battery | 98 MW | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref PL/2023/01954/PPFL |
| Benton Green Lane - Battery Energy Storage SystemTamara Ettenfield | Battery | 70 MW | Waiting 14 months for a planning decisionWho can move it: Solihull Council · planning ref PL/2025/01145/PPFL |
| Beechwood Farm, Hodgetts Lane - Battery StorageEnso Energy Limited | Battery | 57 MW | Waiting 2.0 years for a planning decisionWho can move it: Solihull Council · planning ref PL/2024/01392/PPFL |
| Beechwood Farm, Hodgetts Lane - Battery StorageEnso Energy Limited | Battery | 57 MW | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref PL/2023/00839/PPFL |
| Hodgetts Lane, Berkswell - Electricity Storage FacilityCoventry Energy Storage Limited | Battery | 50 MW | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref PL/2023/02196/PPFL |
| Castle Hills Solar Farm - Solar PanelsCastle Hills Solar Farm Limited | Solar | 50 MW18,000 homes | Waiting 12 months for a planning decisionWho can move it: Solihull Council · planning ref PL/2025/01404/PPFL |
| Hodgetts Lane, Berkswell - Electricity Storage FacilityCoventry Energy Storage Limited | Battery | 50 MW | Waiting 2.1 years for a planning decisionWho can move it: Solihull Council · planning ref PL/2024/01261/PPFL |
| Hodgetts Lane, Berkswell - Electricity Storage FacilityAnglo ES Berkswell Limited | Battery | 50 MW | Waiting 3.0 years for a planning decisionWho can move it: Solihull Council · planning ref PL/2023/01595/PPFL |
| Tanners Lane - Battery Energy Storage SystemTag Energy Development UK Limited | Battery | 30 MW | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref PL/2024/02694/PPFL |
| Holly Lane Energy Park - Solar Farm & Battery StorageExagen | Solar | 25 MW9,100 homes | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref PL/2023/01952/PPFL |
| Hill House Farm, Coventry Road - Battery Energy Storage SystemRoot Power South Limited | Battery | 20 MW | Waiting 16 months for a planning decisionWho can move it: Solihull Council · planning ref PL/2025/00806/PPFL |
Plus 2 smaller projects — see the full seat page.
Compared with its neighbours
| Constituency | Approved, not built | Running | Paid to switch off |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meriden and Solihull East | 1.9 MW | 0 MW | not visible |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 134 MW | 39 MW | not visible |
| Solihull West and Shirley | 1.8 MW | 0 MW | not visible |
| Kenilworth and Southam | 229 MW | 124 MW | not visible |
| Coventry South | 0.8 MW | 0 MW | not visible |
| Coventry North West | 0.2 MW | 0 MW | not visible |
Kenilworth and Southam next door has 229 MW waiting, more than Meriden and Solihull East's 1.9 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
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.