CONSTITUENCY BRIEFING · ENERGYMAP.APP
South Shropshire
South Shropshire has 112 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 41,000 homes. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £3.9m across the constituency's 41,990 homes.
Ranks 56 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buildwas - Battery Energy StorageGreenfield Energy Developments Limited | Battery | 100 MW | Approved less than a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 25/01270/FUL |
| Pelham Road, Upton Magna - Battery Energy Storage SystemElgin Energy Esco Limited | Battery | 100 MW | Waiting 15 months for a planning decisionWho can move it: Shropshire Council · planning ref 25/01638/FUL |
| Brick House Farm - Solar FarmBluefield Renewwable Developments 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 22/02565/FUL |
| Hollydale, Buildwas Road - Battery StorageTelford Four Limited | Battery | 40 MW | Approved 3 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref TWC/2023/0144 |
| Rock Farm - Solar FarmAnglo Renewables | Solar | 40 MW15,000 homes | Under constructionWho can move it: the developer · earliest connection 2027 (in construction) · planning ref 22/05424/EIA |
| Berrington Farm - Solar ArrayEconergy International Limited | Solar | 30 MW11,000 homes | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 22/04355/FUL |
| Steventon Road - Battery Energy StorageGreenfield Company | Battery | 23 MW | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 24/02223/FUL |
| Kemberton - Solar FarmVattenfall | Solar | 22 MW8,000 homes | Approved 2 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 22/02441/FUL |
| Rock Farm - Solar FarmEnviromena | Battery | 12 MW | Under constructionWho can move it: the developer · earliest connection 2027 (in construction) · planning ref 22/05424/EIA |
| Swancote Farm -Solar PanelsSwancote Energy Limited | Solar | 5 MW1,800 homes | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 24/04003/FUL |
Plus 1 smaller projects — see the full seat page.
Compared with its neighbours
| Constituency | Approved, not built | Running | Paid to switch off |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Shropshire | 112 MW | 78 MW | not visible |
| North Herefordshire | 2.3 MW | 50 MW | not visible |
| West Worcestershire | 5.8 MW | 95 MW | not visible |
| Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe | 39 MW | 87 MW | not visible |
| Shrewsbury | 25 MW | 37 MW | not visible |
| Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr | 151 MW | 181 MW | not visible |
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr next door has 151 MW waiting, more than South Shropshire's 112 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.