North East Hampshire
North East Hampshire has 168 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 61,000 homes. No wind farm here is paid to switch off. Almost every pound of that money goes to wind farms in Scotland, held back by the crowded wires at the border. The cost is shared across every bill in Britain, so households here pay too: about £92 a year per household, £3.8m across the constituency's 41,059 homes. A 115 MW battery was refused planning here in 2026; while discharging it could have supplied about 403,000 homes.
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The waiting list
Every approved, unbuilt project
| Site | Technology | Enough for | Capacity | Approved | Waiting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chosley Farm, North Warnborough Solar Farm and Battery storage | Solar Photovoltaics | 18,000 homes | 49.9 MW | 2021-11 | 4.7 yrs |
| Bramley Frith Solar Farm | Solar Photovoltaics | 18,000 homes | 49.9 MW | 2023-02 | 3.5 yrs |
| Bunkers Hill Farm - Solar farm & Battery stations | Solar Photovoltaics | 18,000 homes | 49.9 MW | 2021-11 | 4.7 yrs |
| Kiln Fields Solar Farm | Solar Photovoltaics | 6,500 homes | 17.9 MW | 2021-12 | 4.6 yrs |
| Bartley Wood Business Park - Solar panels | Solar Photovoltaics | 100 homes | 0.1 MW | 2023-07 | 3.0 yrs |
Plus 1 more approved within the last two years.
Batteries
| Site | Size | Status | While discharging |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frog Lane, Little London - Battery Energy Storage | 115 MW | refused 2026 | could supply ≈403,000 homes |
| Minchens Lane Battery Storage Facility | 100 MW | 2023 | could supply ≈350,000 homes |
| Penn Croft Farm, Crondall - Battery Energy Storage Facility | 100 MW | approved, not built 2023 | could supply ≈350,000 homes |
| Bowenhurst Farm, Mill Lane - Battery Energy Storage | 100 MW | refused 2026 | could supply ≈350,000 homes |
| Crondall Road, Crondall - Fleet Bramley Battery Energy Storage | 100 MW | approved, not built 2025 | could supply ≈350,000 homes |
| Ash Lane, Little London - Battery Storage | 57 MW | approved, not built 2023 | could supply ≈200,000 homes |
| Coxmoor Wood, Crondall Road - Battery Storage | 57 MW | approved, not built 2024 | could supply ≈200,000 homes |
| Withy Place, Bramley Road - Battery Energy Storage | 50 MW | approved, not built 2025 | could supply ≈175,000 homes |
| Rye Common | 50 MW | approved, not built 2021 | could supply ≈173,000 homes |
| Blue Bell Lodge, Rye Common Lane - Battery Storage | 50 MW | approved, not built 2023 | could supply ≈173,000 homes |
| Basing Road | 20 MW | in planning | could supply ≈70,000 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.
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