CONSTITUENCY BRIEFING · ENERGYMAP.APP
Winchester
Winchester has 19 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 6,900 homes. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £3.9m across the constituency's 42,375 homes.
Ranks 202 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silkstead Farm, Poles Lane - Battery Energy Storage SystemWinchester Energy Reserve Limited | Battery | 50 MW | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 24/01007/FUL |
| South Lynch Farm - Solar FarmNovus Renewable Services Limited | Solar | 20 MW7,300 homes | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 23/01025/FUL |
| New Farm House Locks FarmNextpower Spv 12 Limited | Solar | 18 MW6,500 homes | Approved 3 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 21/01391/FUL |
| Stockbridge RoadWinchester Power | Battery | 10 MW | Approved 9 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 17/02575/FUL |
| Glebe Farm, Curdridge Lane - Solar FarmGlebe Farm Energy Limited | Solar | 10 MW3,600 homes | Waiting 14 months for a planning decisionWho can move it: Winchester Council · planning ref 25/01050/FUL |
| Western Court, Bishops Sutton Road - Solar FarmILOS Energy UK Limited | Solar | 5.4 MW2,000 homes | Applied in 2026, still waiting for a decisionWho can move it: Winchester Council · planning ref 26/00707/FUL |
| Home Farm, Hursley Park Road - Solar PanelsClean Energy Capital (CEC) 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 25/00360/FUL |
Plus 1 smaller projects — see the full seat page.
Compared with its neighbours
| Constituency | Approved, not built | Running | Paid to switch off |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winchester | 19 MW | 58 MW | not visible |
| Hamble Valley | 6.5 MW | 18 MW | not visible |
| Fareham and Waterlooville | 11 MW | 48 MW | not visible |
| Eastleigh | 29 MW | 6.3 MW | not visible |
| East Hampshire | 78 MW | 56 MW | not visible |
| Basingstoke | 2.1 MW | 0 MW | not visible |
East Hampshire next door has 78 MW waiting, more than Winchester's 19 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.