Leeds South
Leeds South has 4.7 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 1,700 homes. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £4.9m across the constituency's 53,551 homes.
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The waiting list
Every approved, unbuilt project
| Site | Technology | Enough for | Capacity | Approved | Waiting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier Farnell, Unit 3 - Solar Panels | Solar Photovoltaics | 800 homes | 2.3 MW | 2024-05 | 2.2 yrs |
| Holbeck Depot, Bridge Road - Solar Panels | Solar Photovoltaics | 200 homes | 0.4 MW | 2024-03 | 2.4 yrs |
| Network House, Beeston - Solar Panels | Solar Photovoltaics | 100 homes | 0.4 MW | 2024-01 | 2.6 yrs |
| J J Food Service, Middleton Grove - Solar Pv Panels | Solar Photovoltaics | 100 homes | 0.3 MW | 2023-09 | 2.9 yrs |
| Oco Technology, Knowsthorpe Gate - Solar Panels | Solar Photovoltaics | 100 homes | 0.3 MW | 2023-07 | 3.0 yrs |
| Clapgate Primary School, Cranmore Drive - Solar PV Panels | Solar Photovoltaics | 100 homes | 0.2 MW | 2023-03 | 3.3 yrs |
| Sharp Lane Primary School, Sharp Lane - Solar Panels | Solar Photovoltaics | 100 homes | 0.2 MW | 2023-06 | 3.2 yrs |
| Temple Moor High School, Field End Grove - Solar Array | Solar Photovoltaics | 100 homes | 0.2 MW | 2023-05 | 3.2 yrs |
| Shakespeare Primary School, Lincoln Road - Solar Panels | Solar Photovoltaics | 100 homes | 0.2 MW | 2022-11 | 3.7 yrs |
| Gelderd Place, Holbeck - Solar Panles | Solar Photovoltaics | 100 homes | 0.2 MW | 2022-10 | 3.8 yrs |
| Knostrop Wastewater Treatment Works - Solar Array | Solar Photovoltaics | — | — MW | 2023-11 | 2.7 yrs |
Plus 5 more approved within the last two years.
Batteries
| Site | Size | Status | While discharging |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skelton Grange Battery Storage Facility | 99 MW | approved, not built 2021 | could supply ≈347,000 homes |
What this page does not show
Smaller wind farms on the local grid are also switched off; national data does not show it, so the £ figure here is a floor, not a zero. Offshore wind is counted nationally, never per seat. The planning database can run a quarter behind reality.
Electricity does not travel from a particular project to particular houses. Everything generated goes into the national grid and everyone draws from that shared pool, so "enough for X homes" is a way of sizing the electricity — not a claim that these homes would be powered by this site. Battery storage is counted separately from generation: it moves power in time rather than making it.
Planning statuses come from the government's planning database (REPD), which records what was decided and when, but not why. Where a project was refused we say so and name the authority; for the reasons, look up the planning reference on that council's own register. How to check any figure on this page →
What has Hilary Benn said about the grid in Parliament? Search Hansard →