CONSTITUENCY BRIEFING · ENERGYMAP.APP
Tamworth
Tamworth has 113 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, £3.8m across the constituency's 41,571 homes.
Ranks 54 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highfields Farm, Clifton Lane - Solar PanelsElgin Energy ESCO Limited | Solar | 62 MW22,000 homes | Under constructionWho can move it: the developer · earliest connection 2027 (in construction) · planning ref 22/00110/FULM |
| Haunton Solar FarmStark Energy | Solar | 50 MW18,000 homes | Approved 4 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 20/01245/FULM |
| Amington Hall Farm - Solar FarmTamworth Solar 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 25/00095/PA52 |
Compared with its neighbours
| Constituency | Approved, not built | Running | Paid to switch off |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tamworth | 113 MW | 2 MW | not visible |
| North Warwickshire and Bedworth | 80 MW | 15 MW | not visible |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | 80 MW | 30 MW | not visible |
| Sutton Coldfield | 0 MW | 0 MW | not visible |
| Aldridge-Brownhills | 0.5 MW | 0 MW | not visible |
| South Derbyshire | 0 MW | 22 MW | not visible |
Tamworth 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
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