CONSTITUENCY BRIEFING · ENERGYMAP.APP
Frome and East Somerset
Frome and East Somerset has 87 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 32,000 homes. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £3.6m across the constituency's 38,645 homes. A 60 MW battery was refused planning here in 2026; while discharging it could have supplied about 210,000 homes.
Ranks 74 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Georges Cross Farm, Berkley Lane - Battery EnergyIntegrum SPV 23101 Limited | Battery | 60 MW |
Refused by Somerset Council in 2026Who can move it: Somerset Council |
| Bluebell Wood Solar Farm & Battery StorageLow Carbon UK Solar Investment Co Limited | Battery | 50 MW |
Approved 2 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company |
| Bluebell Wood Solar Farm & Battery StorageLow Carbon UK Solar Investment Co Limited | Solar | 18,000 homes 50 MW |
Approved 2 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company |
What else is in the briefing
- All 18 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 Frome and East Somerset 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.