Powered land · Basingstoke and Deane, England
172 ha site near Mortimer Primary substation, Basingstoke and Deane
A candidate site of 172 ha in Basingstoke and Deane, England: one HM Land Registry INSPIRE title polygon. It touches the Mortimer Primary substation (Southern Electric Power Distribution plc), which has 4.73 MVA of demand headroom and none for generation: most such sites are the station's own land.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 172 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 | 30129347 (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 | Basingstoke and Deane, England | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.3688, -1.1015 (a point on the polygon) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Mortimer Primary (0 km, polygon edge to the substation's mapped point) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Substation voltage | 33 kV (levels 33, 11 kV) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Substation operator | Southern Electric Power Distribution plc | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 4.73 MVA | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom at the substation | 0 MW | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (offtake) at the substation | None (green on the heat map) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (feed-in) at the substation | Full (red on the heat map, limited by upstream thermal capacity) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Large generation within 10 km | 100 MW of battery storage, 50 MW of gas (2 plants of 50 MW or more in operation) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Water stress | High (40–80%) (score 3.4 of 5, withdrawals 52.2% of renewable supply) | WRI Aqueduct 4.0 · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 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
Ranked apart: it touches its substation, and most sites that do are the station's own land. Its score would be 65.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 172 ha | 30 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 0 km | 30 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 4.73 MVA | 4.7 | 40 |
| Site score | 65 | 100 |
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Nearby sites on the same substation
6 other sites have Mortimer Primary as nearest substation and would compete for its capacity.
- 225 ha site near Mortimer Primary substation, West Berkshire0.85 km · score 52
- 119 ha site near Mortimer Primary substation, Basingstoke and Deane1.04 km · score 49
- 256 ha site near Mortimer Primary substation, Basingstoke and Deane1.35 km · score 44
- 65 ha site near Mortimer Primary substation, Basingstoke and Deane0.97 km · score 38
- 51 ha site near Mortimer Primary substation, Basingstoke and Deane1.52 km · score 26
- 56 ha site near Mortimer Primary substation, West Berkshire1.76 km · score 24
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
- 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.