Powered land · Barnsley, England
145 ha site near Elmhirst Lane 1 substation, Barnsley
A candidate site of 145 ha in Barnsley, England: one HM Land Registry INSPIRE title polygon. It lies 1.61 km from the Elmhirst Lane 1 substation (Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc), which has 21 MVA of demand headroom and 14.5 MW for generation.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 145 ha (the area of its INSPIRE polygon, the indicative extent of a registered title) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| INSPIRE polygon | 26452473 (its id in the HM Land Registry INSPIRE Index Polygons) | HM Land Registry INSPIRE Index Polygons · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Barnsley, England | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.5558, -1.5657 (a point on the polygon) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Elmhirst Lane 1 (1.61 km, polygon edge to the substation's mapped point) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 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 | 21 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom at the substation | 14.5 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 |
The polygon shows where the title lies, not its legal extent: HM Land Registry notes that the extent of a title can only be established from the title plan.
How it compares
#17 of 93 sites in Barnsley and #558 of 4,848 in the United Kingdom by site score. Larger than 94% of the sites in Barnsley. Closer to its substation than 18% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 145 ha | 30 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 1.61 km | 5.8 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 21 MVA | 21 | 40 |
| Site score | 57 | 100 |
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Nearby sites on the same substation
10 other sites have Elmhirst Lane 1 as nearest substation and would compete for its capacity.
- 205 ha site near Elmhirst Lane 1 substation, Barnsley0.99 km · score 66
- 63 ha site near Elmhirst Lane 1 substation, Barnsley0.37 km · score 63
- 41 ha site near Elmhirst Lane 1 substation, Barnsley0.26 km · score 58
- 37 ha site near Elmhirst Lane 1 substation, Barnsley0.24 km · score 57
- 36 ha site near Elmhirst Lane 1 substation, Barnsley0.65 km · score 51
- 30 ha site near Elmhirst Lane 1 substation, Barnsley (INSPIRE polygon 26672995)1.09 km · score 42
- 61 ha site near Elmhirst Lane 1 substation, Barnsley1.77 km · score 41
- 53 ha site near Elmhirst Lane 1 substation, Barnsley1.68 km · score 40
- 30 ha site near Elmhirst Lane 1 substation, Barnsley (INSPIRE polygon 60645047)1.44 km · score 37
- 34 ha site near Elmhirst Lane 1 substation, Barnsley1.7 km · score 34
- Sites in Barnsley96
- Sites in the United Kingdom4,971
- Elmhirst Lane 1substation
Data on this page
- This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. HM Land Registry INSPIRE Index Polygons, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
- Rare Context. Rare Context powered-land sites, ODbL 1.0.