South Norfolk
South Norfolk has 104 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 38,000 homes. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £3.6m across the constituency's 39,476 homes.
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The waiting list
Every approved, unbuilt project
| Site | Technology | Enough for | Capacity | Approved | Waiting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloy’s Grove Solar Farm | Solar Photovoltaics | 18,000 homes | 49.9 MW | 2022-08 | 4.0 yrs |
| Bracon Ash Solar | Solar Photovoltaics | 10,000 homes | 28.5 MW | 2021-12 | 4.6 yrs |
| White Horse Lane (Trowse) - Phase 2 | Solar Photovoltaics | 3,300 homes | 9.0 MW | 2021-09 | 4.9 yrs |
| Aldeby Landfill Site Solar Park | Solar Photovoltaics | 2,500 homes | 7.0 MW | 2022-04 | 4.3 yrs |
| New Road Solar Farm | Solar Photovoltaics | 1,800 homes | 5.0 MW | 2015-11 | 10.8 yrs |
| Crossways Farm, Thurlton - Solar Farm | Solar Photovoltaics | 900 homes | 2.5 MW | 2022-10 | 3.8 yrs |
| Lotus Cars, Potash Lane - Solar Array | Solar Photovoltaics | 400 homes | 1.0 MW | 2022-12 | 3.6 yrs |
| Honingham Thorpe Farm, Norwich Road - Solar Array | Solar Photovoltaics | 100 homes | 0.2 MW | 2022-09 | 3.9 yrs |
| Bannatyne Health Club, Ernest Gage Avenue - Solar Panels | Solar Photovoltaics | 100 homes | 0.2 MW | 2024-07 | 2.0 yrs |
| Spire Norwich Hospital, Colney - Solar Panels | Solar Photovoltaics | 100 homes | 0.2 MW | 2024-04 | 2.3 yrs |
| Costessey - Roof mounted solar panel | Solar Photovoltaics | 100 homes | 0.2 MW | 2022-04 | 4.3 yrs |
Plus 6 more approved within the last two years.
Batteries
| Site | Size | Status | While discharging |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hall Farm, Hickling Lane - Battery Energy Storage | 400 MW | in planning | could supply ≈1,402,000 homes |
| Mulbarton Road, Keswick - Battery Energy Storage System | 400 MW | in planning | could supply ≈1,402,000 homes |
| Hornsea Project Three - Battery Storage | 300 MW | being built 2023 | could supply ≈1,051,000 homes |
| Wymondham Road, Bracon Ash - Battery Energy Storage System | 228 MW | in planning | could supply ≈799,000 homes |
| Stoke Lane - Battery Energy Storage | 130 MW | approved, not built 2022 | could supply ≈456,000 homes |
| Hill Farm, Wacton Road - Battery Energy Storage System | 120 MW | approved, not built 2026 | could supply ≈420,000 homes |
| Hickling Lane, Swainsthorpe -Battery Storage | 114 MW | approved, not built 2023 | could supply ≈399,000 homes |
| Norwich Substation Storage Facility | 50 MW | approved, not built 2018 | could supply ≈175,000 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 Ben Goldsborough said about the grid in Parliament? Search Hansard →