CONSTITUENCY BRIEFING · ENERGYMAP.APP
Bolton West
Bolton West has 2 MW of renewables running, enough for 800 homes over a year, and nothing large waiting in the planning queue. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £3.8m across the constituency's 41,253 homes.
Ranks 468 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slack Lane, Westhoughton - Battery Energy Storage SyFoundation Property & Capital Group | Battery | 45 MW |
Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company |
| Tesco Superstore, Mansell Way - Solar PanelsTesco Stores Limited | Solar | 400 homes 1.1 MW |
Applied in 2026, still waiting for a decisionWho can move it: Bolton Council |
What else is in the briefing
- All 2 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 Bolton West compares with its neighbouring constituencies
- 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
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.