Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
Kingswinford and South Staffordshire has 2.5 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 900 homes. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £3.5m across the constituency's 38,381 homes. A 100 MW battery was refused planning here in 2025; while discharging it could have supplied about 350,000 homes.
Ranks 319 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pool Hall Farm, Lower Penn - Battery StorageElgin Energy Esco Limited | Battery | 100 MW |
Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company |
| Orchard Farm, Langley Road - Battery Energy Storage RE Projects Development Limited | Battery | 100 MW |
Refused by South Staffordshire Council in 2025Who can move it: South Staffordshire Council |
| Ebstree Road, Trysull, Seisdon - Battery Energy StorNZED Projectco 3 limited | Battery | 100 MW |
Approved less than a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company |
What else is in the briefing
- All 12 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 Kingswinford and South Staffordshire 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