CONSTITUENCY BRIEFING · ENERGYMAP.APP
Jarrow and Gateshead East
Jarrow and Gateshead East has 5 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 1,800 homes. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £3.9m across the constituency's 42,695 homes.
Ranks 263 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Church Bank - Battery Storage SystemAMG Energy | Battery | 100 MW |
Applied in 2025, still waiting for a decisionWho can move it: South Tyneside Council |
| West Boldon Substation - Battery Energy StorageWhirlwind Energy Storage Limited | Battery | 60 MW |
Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company |
| NCL1, Follingsby Lane - Solar PanelsZestec Asset Management | Solar | 1,400 homes 3.9 MW |
Approved 3 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company |
What else is in the briefing
- All 3 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 Jarrow and Gateshead East 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.