CONSTITUENCY BRIEFING · ENERGYMAP.APP
Scarborough and Whitby
Scarborough and Whitby has 32 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 12,000 homes. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £4.2m across the constituency's 45,602 homes.
Ranks 170 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastgate House Farm, Seamer - Solar FarmVoltalia UK | Solar | 12,000 homes 32 MW |
Under constructionWho can move it: the developer |
| Carr House Farm, East Heslerton - Solar FarmRenewable Connections Developments Limited | Solar | 8,500 homes 24 MW |
Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company |
What else is in the briefing
- All 2 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 Scarborough and Whitby 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
No account needed for any of this:
the full seat page with every figure,
the method and sources,
and this constituency's raw data.
The account covers the packaged briefing only.