CONSTITUENCY BRIEFING · ENERGYMAP.APP
Basildon and Billericay
Basildon and Billericay has 7.7 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 2,800 homes. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £4.0m across the constituency's 43,534 homes. A 50 MW battery was refused planning here in 2023; while discharging it could have supplied about 175,000 homes.
Ranks 237 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whites Farm - Battery StorageAnglo Renewables Limited | Battery | 50 MW |
Refused by Basildon Council in 2023Who can move it: Basildon Council |
| Barleylands Solar FarmEnso Energy Limited | Solar | 6,200 homes 17 MW |
Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company |
| Great Cowbridge Grange Farm, London Road - Solar FarConrad Energy (Developments) Limited | Solar | 3,600 homes 10 MW |
Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company |
What else is in the briefing
- All 4 projects, each with its planning reference and the organisation that holds the next decision
- Every approval a project still needs, and which of them the public can see
- What building them would mean here — community payments, business rates and construction work
- How Basildon and Billericay compares with its neighbouring constituencies
- 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
No account needed for any of this:
the full seat page with every figure,
the method and sources,
and this constituency's raw data.
The account covers the packaged briefing only.