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Newton Abbot

MP: Martin Wrigley (Liberal Democrat) England Data to July 2026

Newton Abbot has 21 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 7,600 homes. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £3.8m across the constituency's 41,470 homes.

Ranks 195 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.

What is stuck, and why

Project and developerTechSizeWhy it is stuck
Court Barton Farm, Coffinswell - Solar FarmCoubar Energy Limited (Windel) Solar 21 MW7,600 homes Approved 3 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 22/01533/MAJ
East Golds Works, Kingsteignton Road - Solar PanelsSibelco UK East Golds Works Solar 1.1 MW400 homes Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 25/00080/NPA

Compared with its neighbours

ConstituencyApproved, not builtRunningPaid to switch off
Newton Abbot 21 MW18 MWnot visible
South Devon 2.7 MW54 MWnot visible
Torbay 3.7 MW0 MWnot visible
Central Devon 11 MW41 MWnot visible

Newton Abbot 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
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