CONSTITUENCY BRIEFING · ENERGYMAP.APP
South Norfolk
South Norfolk has 104 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 38,000 homes. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £3.6m across the constituency's 39,476 homes.
Ranks 63 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Pye Solar FarmIsland Green Power | Solar | 500 MW182,000 homes | Applied in 2026, still waiting for a decisionWho can move it: the Planning Inspectorate (it decides nationally significant projects) · planning ref EN0110014 |
| Mulbarton Road, Keswick - Battery Energy Storage SystemGreenfield Energy Developments Limited | Battery | 400 MW | Waiting 12 months for a planning decisionWho can move it: South Norfolk Council · planning ref 2025/2275 |
| Hall Farm, Hickling Lane - Battery Energy StorageInnova Renewables Developments Limited | Battery | 400 MW | Waiting 20 months for a planning decisionWho can move it: South Norfolk Council · planning ref 2024/3750 |
| Hornsea Project Three - Battery StorageOrsted Power (UK) Limited | Battery | 300 MW | Under constructionWho can move it: the developer · earliest connection 2027 (in construction) · planning ref 2022/0867 |
| Wymondham Road, Bracon Ash - Battery Energy Storage SystemGreen Switch Capital | Battery | 228 MW | Waiting 16 months for a planning decisionWho can move it: South Norfolk Council · planning ref 2025/0806 |
| Stoke Lane - Battery Energy StorageFPC Electric Land Limited | Battery | 130 MW | Approved 4 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 2021/2645 |
| Hill Farm, Wacton Road - Battery Energy Storage SystemGreen Switch Capital Limited | Battery | 120 MW | Approved less than a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 2025/1152 |
| Hickling Lane, Swainsthorpe -Battery StorageEDF Energy Renewables | Battery | 114 MW | Approved 3 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 2023/0617 |
| Bloy’s Grove Solar FarmEDF Energy Renewables | Solar | 50 MW18,000 homes | Approved 4 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 2021/2495 |
| Norwich Substation Storage FacilityPivot Power | Battery | 50 MW | Approved 8 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 2018/2017 |
| Bracon Ash SolarLuminous Energy Ltd | Solar | 28 MW10,000 homes | Under constructionWho can move it: the developer · earliest connection 2027 (in construction) · planning ref 2021/0569 |
| Flordon Road, Bracon Ash - Solar Panels & Battery StorageRalos Projects Limited | Solar | 24 MW8,700 homes | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 2023/1055 |
Plus 5 smaller projects — see the full seat page.
Compared with its neighbours
| Constituency | Approved, not built | Running | Paid to switch off |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Norfolk | 104 MW | 37 MW | not visible |
| Waveney Valley | 59 MW | 64 MW | not visible |
| Lowestoft | 0.2 MW | 20 MW | not visible |
| Mid Norfolk | 129 MW | 38 MW | not visible |
| Norwich South | 1 MW | 1.9 MW | not visible |
| Great Yarmouth | 1.6 MW | 16 MW | not visible |
Mid Norfolk next door has 129 MW waiting, more than South Norfolk's 104 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
- 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.