CONSTITUENCY BRIEFING · ENERGYMAP.APP
The Wrekin
The Wrekin has 221 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 80,000 homes. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £4.0m across the constituency's 43,662 homes.
Ranks 16 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Myttons Solar FarmJBM Solar Projects Limited | Solar | 50 MW18,000 homes | Approved 5 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref TWC/2020/0851 |
| High Ercall Solar FarmAssured Asset Solar 1 Limited | Solar | 50 MW18,000 homes | Approved 3 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref TWC/2023/0064 |
| The Old Airfield - Solar FarmPeridot Solar Limited | Solar | 49 MW18,000 homes | Approved 3 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 22/01866/FUL |
| New Works Lane - Solar FarmGreentech | Solar | 30 MW11,000 homes | Waiting 5.0 years for a planning decisionWho can move it: Telford and Wrekin Council · planning ref TWC/2021/0737 |
| Steeraway Farm - Solar FarmEnviromena | Solar | 30 MW11,000 homes | Under constructionWho can move it: the developer · earliest connection 2027 (in construction) · planning ref TWC/2021/1071 |
| Twitch Hill, Cheswell Grange Farm - Solar Farm & Battery StorageEthical Power | Solar | 25 MW9,100 homes | Under constructionWho can move it: the developer · earliest connection 2027 (in construction) · planning ref TWC/2021/1225 |
| County Lane - Solar farmBoultbee Brooks Renewable Energy Limited | Solar | 16 MW5,800 homes | Approved 3 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 22/01816/FUL |
| Tiddiecross Lane, Charlton - Tiddiecross Solar Farm & Battery StorageBoultbee Brooks Renewables Walkford Moor Limited | Solar | 14 MW5,100 homes | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref TWC/2024/0909 |
| Hollins Lane - Battery Energy StorageHydrock Consultants Limited | Battery | 13 MW | Approved 3 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 23/00223/FUL |
| Albrighton Substation, Beamish Lane - Battery StorageFig Power (part of Hydrock) | Battery | 7 MW | Approved 2 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 23/04541/FUL |
Plus 2 smaller projects — see the full seat page.
Compared with its neighbours
| Constituency | Approved, not built | Running | Paid to switch off |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Wrekin | 221 MW | 75 MW | not visible |
| Shrewsbury | 25 MW | 37 MW | not visible |
| South Shropshire | 112 MW | 78 MW | not visible |
| Kingswinford and South Staffordshire | 2.5 MW | 11 MW | not visible |
| Telford | 3.9 MW | 1.2 MW | not visible |
| Stafford | 0.9 MW | 0 MW | not visible |
The Wrekin 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.