North Warwickshire and Bedworth
North Warwickshire and Bedworth has 80 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 29,000 homes. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £3.6m across the constituency's 39,472 homes.
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The waiting list
Every approved, unbuilt project
| Site | Technology | Enough for | Capacity | Approved | Waiting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park Lane, Astley - Solar PV Farm | Solar Photovoltaics | 11,000 homes | 30.0 MW | 2022-07 | 4.0 yrs |
| Corley Smorral Lane - Photovoltaic Solar Arrays | Solar Photovoltaics | 6,000 homes | 16.5 MW | 2022-07 | 4.0 yrs |
| Vauls Farm, Astley Lane - Solar Farm | Solar Photovoltaics | 5,800 homes | 16.0 MW | 2023-07 | 3.0 yrs |
| Copes Rough Wood, Lower House Lane - Solar Farm | Solar Photovoltaics | 1,800 homes | 5.0 MW | 2023-09 | 2.9 yrs |
| Coton Road - Solar Photovoltaic Panels | Solar Photovoltaics | 1,100 homes | 3.0 MW | 2022-03 | 4.4 yrs |
| Euro Car Parts - Solar Panels & Battery Storage | Solar Photovoltaics | 1,100 homes | 3.0 MW | 2023-10 | 2.8 yrs |
| BAC Jaguar Land Rover Battery Assembly Centre, Canton Lane - Solar Panels | Solar Photovoltaics | 800 homes | 2.2 MW | 2024-03 | 2.4 yrs |
| Business Park, Meridian Drive - Solar Panels | Solar Photovoltaics | 500 homes | 1.5 MW | 2023-09 | 2.9 yrs |
| Cembre Limited Dunton Park, Kingsbury Road | Solar Photovoltaics | 300 homes | 0.9 MW | 2023-04 | 3.3 yrs |
| Bristan, Pooley Hall Drive - Solar Pv Panels | Solar Photovoltaics | 200 homes | 0.7 MW | 2023-10 | 2.8 yrs |
| Highway Point, Gorsey Lane - Solar Panels | Solar Photovoltaics | 200 homes | 0.6 MW | 2023-09 | 2.9 yrs |
| Melbicks Garden Centre, Chester Road - Solar Panels | Solar Photovoltaics | 100 homes | 0.4 MW | 2022-11 | 3.8 yrs |
| Hams Hall National Distribution Park, Faraday Avenue - Solar Panels | Solar Photovoltaics | 100 homes | 0.3 MW | 2024-01 | 2.5 yrs |
| Coleshill Food Waste, Ad Plantmarconi Way - Solar Panels | Solar Photovoltaics | 100 homes | 0.2 MW | 2024-01 | 2.5 yrs |
| Meridian Drive, Dordon - Solar PV System | Solar Photovoltaics | 100 homes | 0.2 MW | 2022-05 | 4.2 yrs |
Plus 5 more approved within the last two years.
Batteries
| Site | Size | Status | While discharging |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hams Hall - Battery Energy Storage System | 400 MW | being built 2022 | could supply ≈1,402,000 homes |
| Hams Hall, Hams Lane - Battery Energy Storage System | 98 MW | approved, not built 2025 | could supply ≈343,000 homes |
| Camp Farm, Knowle Hill - Battery Storage | 50 MW | approved, not built 2025 | could supply ≈175,000 homes |
| Marston Sewerage Pumping Station, Bodymoor Heath Lane - Battery Storage | 50 MW | in planning | could supply ≈175,000 homes |
| Lichfield Road, Watton Lane - Battery Storage | 50 MW | approved, not built 2024 | could supply ≈175,000 homes |
| Mcdonnell Drive, Exhall - Battery Energy Storage System | 30 MW | approved, not built 2025 | could supply ≈105,000 homes |
| Marston Fields Farm, Kingsbury Road - Battery Energy Storage | 10 MW | approved, not built 2025 | could supply ≈35,000 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 Rachel Taylor said about the grid in Parliament? Search Hansard →