Powered land · Barnsley, England
4.1 ha brownfield site at Former Woolley Colliery, Barnsley
A brownfield site of 4.1 ha in Barnsley, England, on the brownfield land register as previously developed land. It lies 0.58 km from the Woolley substation (Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc), which has 14.7 MVA of demand headroom and 1.66 MW for generation.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 4.1 ha (the area its register gives) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Site from | Brownfield land register (England) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Former Woolley Colliery | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (permissioned) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 26 Jun 2026 (full-planning-permission, issued by Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner type | Mixed (mixed-ownership) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Register reference | HS1 (planning authority Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Register entry | Brownfield site: Former Woolley Colliery | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Barnsley, England | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.5916, -1.5306 (the register's point for the site) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Woolley (0.58 km, register point to the substation's mapped point) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Substation voltage | 11 kV | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Substation operator | Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 14.7 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom at the substation | 1.66 MW | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (offtake) at the substation | Full (red on the heat map) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (feed-in) at the substation | Full (red on the heat map) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Water stress | Low to medium (10–20%) (score 1.4 of 5, withdrawals 12.8% of renewable supply) | WRI Aqueduct 4.0 · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
The register gives a point and an area, not an outline: the distance runs from that point, so the site's edge can be closer to the substation.
How it compares
#74 of 116 sites in Barnsley and #2,908 of 6,229 in the United Kingdom by site score. Larger than 8% of the sites in Barnsley. Closer to its substation than 69% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 4.1 ha | 0 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 0.58 km | 21.3 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 14.7 MVA | 14.7 | 40 |
| Site score | 36 | 100 |
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Nearby sites on the same substation
15 other sites have Woolley as nearest substation and would compete for its capacity.
- 71 ha site near Woolley substation, Wakefield0.04 km · score 64
- 76 ha site near Woolley substation, Wakefield0.24 km · score 63
- 67 ha site near Woolley substation, Wakefield0.48 km · score 56
- 35 ha site near Woolley substation, Barnsley0.34 km · score 49
- 102 ha site near Woolley substation, Wakefield1.87 km · score 46
- 80 ha site near Woolley substation, Barnsley1.53 km · score 44
- 29 ha site near Woolley substation, Barnsley0.7 km · score 41
- 43 ha site near Woolley substation, Barnsley (INSPIRE polygon 26543679)1.23 km · score 38
- 4.1 ha brownfield site at Former woolley colliery, Barnsley0.46 km · score 38
- 30 ha site near Woolley substation, Wakefield1.3 km · score 33
- 43 ha site near Woolley substation, Barnsley (INSPIRE polygon 26512903)1.61 km · score 32
- 41 ha site near Woolley substation, Barnsley1.79 km · score 29
- Sites in Barnsley119
- Sites in the United Kingdom6,352
- Woolleysubstation
Data on this page
- Supported by National Energy SO Open Data. NESO GIS boundaries for GB DNO licence areas, NESO Open Data Licence.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. ONS Open Geography: Local Authority Districts, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. planning.data.gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Rare Context. Rare Context powered-land sites, ODbL 1.0.
- Kuzma, S., M.F.P. Bierkens, S. Lakshman, T. Luo, L. Saccoccia, E. H. Sutanudjaja, and R. Van Beek. 2023. Aqueduct 4.0: Updated Decision-Relevant Global Water Risk Indicators. Technical Note. Washington, DC: World Resources Institute. doi.org/10.46830/writn.23.00061. WRI Aqueduct 4.0, CC BY 4.0.