CONSTITUENCY BRIEFING · ENERGYMAP.APP
North East Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire 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, £3.8m across the constituency's 41,723 homes.
Ranks 136 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hasland Photovoltaic Solar ParkKronos Solar | Solar | 50 MW18,000 homes | Approved 5 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 20/01283/FL |
| Lings Farm, Birkin Lane - Solar PanelsFuse Renewables Limited | Solar | 9 MW3,300 homes | Applied in 2026, still waiting for a decisionWho can move it: North East Derbyshire Council · planning ref 26/00260/MFL |
| Langer Lane Solar FarmEthical Power Development Limited | Solar | 7.5 MW2,700 homes | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 24/00506/MFL |
Compared with its neighbours
| Constituency | Approved, not built | Running | Paid to switch off |
|---|---|---|---|
| North East Derbyshire | 50 MW | 9 MW | not visible |
| Derbyshire Dales | 16 MW | 56 MW | not visible |
| Chesterfield | 1.5 MW | 39 MW | not visible |
| Sheffield Heeley | 0 MW | 0 MW | not visible |
| Bolsover | 35 MW | 48 MW | not visible |
| Rother Valley | 49 MW | 24 MW | not visible |
North East Derbyshire 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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