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Wetherby and Easingwold
Wetherby and Easingwold has 2.2 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 800 homes. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £3.6m across the constituency's 38,999 homes.
Ranks 332 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilmoor Solar FarmStark Energy | Solar | 50 MW18,000 homes | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref ZB23/02461/FUL |
| Green Lane, Moor Monkton - Solar Panels & Battery Energy Storage SystemEden Renewables | Solar | 50 MW18,000 homes | Waiting 15 months for a planning decisionWho can move it: North Yorkshire Council · planning ref 25/01378/EIAMAJ |
| Os Field, Husthwaite - Solar Photovoltaic ArrayWoolpots Solar Farm Limited | Solar | 50 MW18,000 homes | Approved less than a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref ZB23/02015/FUL |
| Hayton House Farm - Solar FarmEconergy International Limited | Solar | 50 MW18,000 homes | Waiting 15 months for a planning decisionWho can move it: Leeds Council · planning ref 25/02505/FU |
| Overton Grange, Overton Road - Solar Farm Battery Energy StorageAnesco Limited | Solar | 50 MW18,000 homes | Waiting 14 months for a planning decisionWho can move it: North Yorkshire Council · planning ref ZB25/01080/FUL |
| Warren Lane, Bramham - Battery Energy StorageHarmony Energy Limited | Battery | 35 MW | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 23/04572/FU |
| Boscar Layby, Raskelf - Solar PanelsSky UK Development Limited | Solar | 30 MW11,000 homes | Waiting 15 months for a planning decisionWho can move it: North Yorkshire Council · planning ref ZB25/00821/FUL |
| Woodcock Solar Farm, Sweeming Lane - Solar FarmAEUK Solar Project IX | Solar | 18 MW6,700 homes | Refused by North Yorkshire Council in 2026Who can move it: North Yorkshire Council · planning ref ZG2024/1322/FULM |
| Moto Wetherby Motorway Service Area, Deighton Gates Roundabout - Solar FarmMoto Hospitality Limited | Solar | 7 MW2,500 homes | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref ZC23/04309/FULMAJ |
Plus 2 smaller projects — see the full seat page.
Compared with its neighbours
| Constituency | Approved, not built | Running | Paid to switch off |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wetherby and Easingwold | 2.2 MW | 40 MW | not visible |
| Leeds East | 6.4 MW | 0 MW | not visible |
| Selby | 190 MW | 49 MW | not visible |
| York Outer | 42 MW | 0 MW | not visible |
| Thirsk and Malton | 7.2 MW | 20 MW | not visible |
| Leeds North East | 0.6 MW | 0 MW | not visible |
Selby next door has 190 MW waiting, more than Wetherby and Easingwold's 2.2 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
- 2 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.