CONSTITUENCY BRIEFING · ENERGYMAP.APP
Forest of Dean
Forest of Dean has 64 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 23,000 homes. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £3.6m across the constituency's 39,094 homes.
Ranks 103 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linton Court Farm, Highnam - Battery storageSTOR 136 Limited | Battery | 100 MW |
Approved 3 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company |
| Moat Farm - Solar FarmElgin Energy EsCo Limited | Solar | 18,000 homes 50 MW |
Approved less than a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company |
| Murrells End Farm - Solar ArraysElgin Energy EsCo Limited | Solar | 18,000 homes 50 MW |
Refused by Forest of Dean Council in 2023Who can move it: Forest of Dean Council |
What else is in the briefing
- All 14 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 Forest of Dean 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.