Powered land · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, England
1.42 ha brownfield site at HM Coastguard Training Centre Seaway Avenue, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
A brownfield site of 1.42 ha in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, England, on the brownfield land register as previously developed land. It lies 1.51 km from the Somerford Primary substation (Southern Electric Power Distribution plc), which has 6.72 MVA of demand headroom and none for generation.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 1.42 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 | HM Coastguard Training Centre Seaway Avenue | 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 | 10 Aug 2015 (full-planning-permission, issued by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner type | Private (not-owned-by-a-public-authority) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Register reference | BR8/05/0208 (planning authority Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Register entry | Brownfield site: HM Coastguard Training Centre Seaway Avenue | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, England | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.7352, -1.7237 (the register's point for the site) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Somerford Primary (1.51 km, register point to the substation's mapped point) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 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 | 6.72 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 & substation fault level) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 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
#45 of 53 sites in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and #5,802 of 6,229 in the United Kingdom by site score. Larger than 19% of the sites in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Closer to its substation than 28% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 1.42 ha | 0 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 1.51 km | 7.4 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 6.72 MVA | 6.7 | 40 |
| Site score | 14 | 100 |
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Nearby sites on the same substation
6 other sites have Somerford Primary as nearest substation and would compete for its capacity.
- 217 ha site near Somerford Primary substation, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole0.66 km · score 57
- 154 ha site near Somerford Primary substation, New Forest1.71 km · score 41
- 32 ha site near Somerford Primary substation, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole0.37 km · score 39
- 61 ha site near Somerford Primary substation, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole1.87 km · score 25
- 55 ha site near Somerford Primary substation, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole1.88 km · score 23
- 1.06 ha brownfield site at Hoburne Caravan Park Hoburne Lane, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole1.04 km · score 21
Data on this page
- Supported by National Energy SO Open Data. NESO GIS boundaries for GB DNO licence areas, NESO Open Data Licence.
- 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.