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Wetherby and Easingwold

MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Conservative) England Data to July 2026

Wetherby and Easingwold has 2.2 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 800 homes. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £3.6m across the constituency's 38,999 homes.

Ranks 332 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.

What is stuck, and why

Project and developerTechSizeWhy it is stuck
Pilmoor Solar FarmStark Energy Solar 18,000 homes
50 MW
Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company
Os Field, Husthwaite - Solar Photovoltaic ArrayWoolpots Solar Farm Limited Solar 18,000 homes
50 MW
Approved less than a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company
Overton Grange, Overton Road - Solar Farm Battery EnAnesco Limited Solar 18,000 homes
50 MW
Waiting 1.2 years for a planning decisionWho can move it: North Yorkshire Council

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