CONSTITUENCY BRIEFING · ENERGYMAP.APP
Weald of Kent
Weald of Kent has 51 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 18,000 homes. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £3.5m across the constituency's 38,312 homes.
Ranks 131 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stonestreet Green - Solar Farm & Battery StorageEvolution Power | Solar | 100 MW36,000 homes | Approved less than a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref EN010135 |
| Sellindge Substation, Church Lane - Battery StoragePivoted Power Llp | Battery | 57 MW | Approved 3 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref PA/2022/2544 |
| Glassenbury - Battery Storage SystemGresham House | Battery | 50 MW | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 25/00427/FULL |
| East Stour Solar FarmEDF Energy Renewables | Solar | 50 MW18,000 homes | Waiting 4.1 years for a planning decisionWho can move it: Ashford Council · planning ref 22/00668/AS |
| Eckley Farms, Marden - Solar Energy FarmStatkraft Wind UK Limited | Solar | 50 MW18,000 homes | Approved 2 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 22/501335/FULL |
| North Court Farm, Chilham - Solar FarmGSI North Court Limited | Solar | 44 MW16,000 homes | Refused by Ashford Council in 2025Who can move it: the planning appeal inspector · planning ref PA/2022/2415 |
| Appledore Road, Kenardington - Solar FarmQuintas Cleantech | Solar | 35 MW13,000 homes | Waiting 13 months for a planning decisionWho can move it: Ashford Council · planning ref PA/2025/1201 |
| Pattenden Lane - Solar PV EnergyILOS Energy UK Limited | Solar | 19 MW6,900 homes | Waiting 19 months for a planning decisionWho can move it: Maidstone Council · planning ref 24/505235/FULL |
| Mathurst Solar Farm, Goudhust Road - Solar PV FarmRenewable Connections Developments Limited | Solar | 18 MW6,500 homes | Waiting 2.1 years for a planning decisionWho can move it: Maidstone Council · planning ref 24/502235/FULL |
| Netters Farm, Attwaters Lane - Solar Pv ArrayRNA Energy Limited | Solar | 10 MW3,600 homes | Refused by Tunbridge Wells Council in 2025Who can move it: Tunbridge Wells Council · planning ref 24/01767/FULL |
Plus 3 smaller projects — see the full seat page.
Compared with its neighbours
| Constituency | Approved, not built | Running | Paid to switch off |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weald of Kent | 51 MW | 30 MW | not visible |
| Hastings and Rye | 1.2 MW | 0 MW | not visible |
| Bexhill and Battle | 1.9 MW | 16 MW | not visible |
| Folkestone and Hythe | 1.1 MW | 81 MW | not visible |
| Tunbridge Wells | 54 MW | 31 MW | not visible |
| Ashford | 2.2 MW | 0.6 MW | not visible |
Tunbridge Wells next door has 54 MW waiting, more than Weald of Kent's 51 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.