CONSTITUENCY BRIEFING · ENERGYMAP.APP
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.
Ranks 63 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Pye Solar FarmIsland Green Power | Solar | 182,000 homes 500 MW |
Applied in 2026, still waiting for a decisionWho can move it: the Planning Inspectorate (it decides nationally significant projects) |
| Mulbarton Road, Keswick - Battery Energy Storage SysGreenfield Energy Developments Limited | Battery | 400 MW |
Waiting 1.0 years for a planning decisionWho can move it: South Norfolk Council |
| Hall Farm, Hickling Lane - Battery Energy StorageInnova Renewables Developments Limited | Battery | 400 MW |
Waiting 1.6 years for a planning decisionWho can move it: South Norfolk Council |
What else is in the briefing
- All 17 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 South Norfolk 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.