CONSTITUENCY BRIEFING · ENERGYMAP.APP
Yeovil
Yeovil has 48 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, £4.3m across the constituency's 46,506 homes.
Ranks 144 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pipplepen Farm Solar Park - Solar FarmElgin Energy ES Co Limited | Solar | 32 MW12,000 homes | Approved 4 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 21/00701/FUL |
| Mahe Farm, Dunsham Lane - Solar ArrayGreentech | Solar | 18 MW6,700 homes | Refused by Somerset Council in 2026Who can move it: Somerset Council · planning ref 24/00352/FUL |
| Camp Road, West Coker - Solar PV PanelsConrad Energy | Solar | 15 MW5,500 homes | Approved 3 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 23/02111/FUL |
| Pattemores Transport (Crewkern)Pattemores Transport (Crewkerne) | Solar | 2.1 MW800 homes | Under constructionWho can move it: the developer · earliest connection 2027 (in construction) · planning ref 20/00315/FUL |
| Coombe Farm, Bean Field - Solar ArraysA H Warren Trust Limited | Solar | 1.8 MW700 homes | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 24/01132/FUL |
| Modus Furniture, Manor Farm - Solar PanelsMODUS Furniture Limited | Solar | 1 MW400 homes | Approved 4 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 22/03386/PAPV |
Compared with its neighbours
| Constituency | Approved, not built | Running | Paid to switch off |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeovil | 48 MW | 44 MW | not visible |
| Honiton and Sidmouth | 39 MW | 77 MW | not visible |
| Taunton and Wellington | 22 MW | 32 MW | not visible |
| West Dorset | 37 MW | 83 MW | not visible |
| Glastonbury and Somerton | 21 MW | 95 MW | not visible |
Yeovil 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.