CONSTITUENCY BRIEFING · ENERGYMAP.APP
Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West has 3.7 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 1,400 homes. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £4.7m across the constituency's 51,338 homes.
Ranks 280 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Responsive Engineering, Scotswood Road - Solar PanelsResponsive Engineering | Solar | 1 MW400 homes | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 2025/0303/01/NPV |
Compared with its neighbours
| Constituency | Approved, not built | Running | Paid to switch off |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West | 3.7 MW | 0 MW | not visible |
| Hexham | 23 MW | 56 MW | not visible |
| Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | 2.3 MW | 0 MW | not visible |
| Newcastle upon Tyne North | 2.7 MW | 0 MW | not visible |
Hexham next door has 23 MW waiting, more than Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West's 3.7 MW.
The rest of the briefing
- Every approval each project still needs, and which of them the public can see
- What building them would mean here — community payments, business rates and construction work
- 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
Everything above needs no account, and neither does the full seat page, the method or this constituency's raw data. The account covers the packaged briefing and its PDF, and nothing else.