CONSTITUENCY BRIEFING · ENERGYMAP.APP
Epping Forest
Epping Forest has 2 MW of renewables running, enough for 700 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 41,311 homes.
Ranks 469 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upland Road - 49.9 Megawatt Solar PanelsLow Carbon Limited | Solar | 18,000 homes 50 MW |
Refused by Epping Forest Council in 2026Who can move it: Epping Forest Council |
| West Essex Golf Club, Bury Road - Solar FarmWest Essex GC Green Energy Limited | Solar | 3,900 homes 11 MW |
Refused by Epping Forest Council in 2025Who can move it: the planning appeal inspector |
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 Epping Forest 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.