Powered land · Barnsley, England
1.5 ha brownfield site at West street, worsbrough dale, barnsley
A brownfield site of 1.5 ha in Barnsley, England, on the brownfield land register as previously developed land. It lies 1.21 km from the Worsbrough Park substation (Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc), which has 10.3 MVA of demand headroom and none for generation.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 1.5 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 |
| Owner type | Not stated | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Planning permission | Granted | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Address | West street, worsbrough dale, barnsley | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 23 Mar 2017 (outline-planning-permission, issued by Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Register reference | H2447 (planning authority Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Register entry | Brownfield site: West street, worsbrough dale, barnsley | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Barnsley, England | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.5284, -1.4603 (the register's point for the site) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Worsbrough Park (1.21 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 | 10.3 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom at the substation | 0 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
#100 of 116 sites in Barnsley and #5,029 of 6,229 in the United Kingdom by site score. Larger than 3% of the sites in Barnsley. Closer to its substation than 44% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 1.5 ha | 0 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 1.21 km | 11.9 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 10.3 MVA | 10.3 | 40 |
| Site score | 22 | 100 |
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Nearby sites on the same substation
10 other sites have Worsbrough Park as nearest substation and would compete for its capacity.
- 42 ha site near Worsbrough Park substation, Barnsley0.05 km · score 51
- 31 ha site near Worsbrough Park substation, Barnsley (INSPIRE polygon 27538506)0 km · score 48
- 36 ha site near Worsbrough Park substation, Barnsley (INSPIRE polygon 27581434)0.19 km · score 47
- 210 ha site near Worsbrough Park substation, Barnsley1.91 km · score 42
- 30 ha site near Worsbrough Park substation, Barnsley0.57 km · score 39
- 43 ha site near Worsbrough Park substation, Barnsley1 km · score 37
- 31 ha site near Worsbrough Park substation, Barnsley (INSPIRE polygon 53835650)1.03 km · score 33
- 29 ha site near Worsbrough Park substation, Barnsley1.05 km · score 32
- 34 ha site near Worsbrough Park substation, Barnsley1.71 km · score 23
- 36 ha site near Worsbrough Park substation, Barnsley (INSPIRE polygon 43974554)1.86 km · score 22
- Sites in Barnsley119
- Sites in the United Kingdom6,352
- Worsbrough Parksubstation
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.