CONSTITUENCY BRIEFING · ENERGYMAP.APP
North Somerset
North Somerset has 16 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 5,800 homes. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £3.8m across the constituency's 40,791 homes.
Ranks 211 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kitland Solar FarmStatkraft UK Limited | Solar | 40 MW15,000 homes | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 24/P/1011/FUL |
| East Dundry Lane, Norton Hawkfield - Solar FarmEnviromena | Solar | 15 MW5,400 homes | Waiting 13 months for a planning decisionWho can move it: North Somerset Council · planning ref 25/02595/EFUL |
| Howgrove Farm, Green Lane - Solar PanelsGreenvolt Power UK Limited | Solar | 10 MW3,600 homes | Approved less than a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 25/02072/EFUL |
| Green Lane, Nempnett Thrubwell - Solar FarmGreen Switch Capital Limited | Solar | 9.1 MW3,300 homes | Approved 4 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 22/00364/FUL |
| Etex Building Performance, Redland Avenue - Solar PanelsPROMAT UK/Etex Building Performance Limited | Solar | 6.2 MW2,200 homes | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 24/P/2346/SJA |
| Etex Building Performance, Redland Avenue - Solar PV panelsPROMAT UK/Etex Building Performance Limited | Solar | 5.9 MW2,100 homes | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 24/P/2345/SJA |
| Haberfield Park Farm - Solar FarmPS Renewables Limited | Solar | 5 MW1,800 homes | Approved 3 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 23/P/1061/FUL |
Plus 1 smaller projects — see the full seat page.
Compared with its neighbours
| Constituency | Approved, not built | Running | Paid to switch off |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Somerset | 16 MW | 0 MW | not visible |
| Wells and Mendip Hills | 78 MW | 131 MW | not visible |
| North East Somerset and Hanham | 0.5 MW | 5.2 MW | not visible |
| Bristol South | 1.7 MW | 0.2 MW | not visible |
| Bristol Central | 0 MW | 0 MW | not visible |
| Bristol North West | 5.6 MW | 43 MW | not visible |
Wells and Mendip Hills next door has 78 MW waiting, more than North Somerset's 16 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.