CONSTITUENCY BRIEFING · ENERGYMAP.APP
North East Somerset and Hanham
North East Somerset and Hanham has 5 MW of renewables running, enough for 1,900 homes over a year, and nothing large waiting in the planning queue. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £3.6m across the constituency's 39,439 homes.
Ranks 483 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stowey Road, Stowey - Solar FarmRegener8 Power | Solar | 50 MW18,000 homes | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 24/04156/EFUL |
| Gypsy Lane, Burnett - Solar PV ArraysConrad Energy (Developments) Limited | Solar | 24 MW8,900 homes | Refused by Bath and North East Somerset Council in 2025Who can move it: Bath and North East Somerset Council · planning ref 24/02489/EFUL |
| East Dundry Lane, Norton Hawkfield - Solar PanelsEnviromena | Solar | 15 MW5,400 homes | Waiting 13 months for a planning decisionWho can move it: Bath and North East Somerset Council · planning ref 25/02595/FUL |
| Queen Charlton Quarry Renewable Energy Facility - food wasteRSM (formerly Resourceful Earth) | Anaerobic Digestion | 2.2 MW | Under constructionWho can move it: the developer · earliest connection 2027 (in construction) · planning ref 13/04126/MINW |
| Resourceful Earth Limited - Anaerobic Digester FacilityResourceful Earth Limited | Anaerobic Digestion | 2.2 MW | Refused by Bath and North East Somerset Council in 2022Who can move it: Bath and North East Somerset Council · planning ref 21/00419/EFUL |
| Fairy Hill, Compton Dando - Solar FarmEnvironmental Gain Limited / Bath & West Community Energy Limited | Solar | 2.1 MW800 homes | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 23/04529/FUL |
Compared with its neighbours
| Constituency | Approved, not built | Running | Paid to switch off |
|---|---|---|---|
| North East Somerset and Hanham | 0.5 MW | 5.2 MW | not visible |
| Wells and Mendip Hills | 78 MW | 131 MW | not visible |
| Frome and East Somerset | 87 MW | 34 MW | not visible |
| Bath | 0 MW | 0 MW | not visible |
| North Somerset | 16 MW | 0 MW | not visible |
| Bristol South | 1.7 MW | 0.2 MW | not visible |
Frome and East Somerset next door has 87 MW waiting, more than North East Somerset and Hanham's 0.5 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.