CONSTITUENCY BRIEFING · ENERGYMAP.APP
Romsey and Southampton North
Romsey and Southampton North has 118 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 43,000 homes. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £3.7m across the constituency's 40,039 homes.
Ranks 50 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upton Lane, Nursling - Battery Energy StorageMasdar Arlington Energy | Battery | 100 MW | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 24/02264/FULLS |
| Station Road, Crescent Industrial Estate - Battery Storage FacilityPJS One Limited | Battery | 62 MW | Approved less than a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 25/01182/FULLS |
| Misslebrook Farm, Botley Road - Battery StorageBoom Developments Limited | Battery | 60 MW | Approved 2 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 22/03346/FULLS |
| Upton Lane, Nursling - Battery Storage FacilityUnknown | Battery | 50 MW | Approved 5 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 21/02799/FULLS |
| Perham Down - Meadow Solar Farm & Battery StorageLow Carbon UK Solar Investment Co Limited | Solar | 50 MW18,000 homes | Approved 4 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 21/01749/FULLN |
| Woodington Solar FarmWoodington Solar Limited | Solar | 46 MW17,000 homes | Under constructionWho can move it: the developer · earliest connection 2027 (in construction) · planning ref 15/02591/FULLS |
| Winchester Road, Wherwell - Solar FarmRE Projects Development / Solarig | Solar | 46 MW17,000 homes | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 23/02225/FULLN |
| Cholderton Road, Quarley - Solar FarmInnova Renewables | Solar | 22 MW8,200 homes | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 24/01288/FULLN |
| Mill Lane, Nursling - Battery Storage FacilityGerard Hall Energy | Battery | 20 MW | Under constructionWho can move it: the developer · earliest connection 2027 (in construction) · planning ref 19/02772/FULLS |
| South Park Solar FarmRenewable Connections Developments Limited | Solar | 15 MW5,400 homes | Approved 4 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 21/02997/FULLN |
| Gander Down Solar Farm, Stevens Drove - Solar FarmPS Renewables Limited | Solar | 6.2 MW2,300 homes | Approved 3 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 22/02325/FULLS |
Compared with its neighbours
| Constituency | Approved, not built | Running | Paid to switch off |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romsey and Southampton North | 118 MW | 165 MW | not visible |
| Southampton Itchen | 0 MW | 0 MW | not visible |
| Salisbury | 52 MW | 24 MW | not visible |
| Eastleigh | 29 MW | 6.3 MW | not visible |
| Winchester | 19 MW | 58 MW | not visible |
| North West Hampshire | 4.7 MW | 61 MW | not visible |
Romsey and Southampton North 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
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.