Powered land · Bracknell Forest, England
15 ha brownfield site at Land at Broadmoor Crowthorne, Bracknell Forest
A brownfield site of 15 ha in Bracknell Forest, England, on the brownfield land register as previously developed land. It lies 0.58 km from the Crowthorne Primary substation (Southern Electric Power Distribution plc), which has 6.17 MVA of demand headroom and none for generation.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 15 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 | Land at Broadmoor Crowthorne | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Undeveloped (not-permissioned) | 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 | Map Ref 9 Policy SA4 SALP (July 2013) (planning authority Bracknell Forest Council) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Register entry | Brownfield site: Land at Broadmoor Crowthorne | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Bracknell Forest, England | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.3691, -0.7810 (the register's point for the site) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Crowthorne Primary (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 | 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 | 6.17 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 |
| 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 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
#31 of 48 sites in Bracknell Forest and #3,815 of 6,229 in the United Kingdom by site score. Larger than 31% of the sites in Bracknell Forest. Closer to its substation than 76% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 15 ha | 3 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 0.58 km | 21.3 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 6.17 MVA | 6.2 | 40 |
| Site score | 30 | 100 |
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Nearby sites on the same substation
8 other sites have Crowthorne Primary as nearest substation and would compete for its capacity.
- 110 ha site near Crowthorne Primary substation, Bracknell Forest0.35 km · score 61
- 86 ha site near Crowthorne Primary substation, Bracknell Forest0.18 km · score 58
- 139 ha site near Crowthorne Primary substation, Bracknell Forest0.81 km · score 54
- 42 ha site near Crowthorne Primary substation, Bracknell Forest0.47 km · score 40
- 37 ha site near Crowthorne Primary substation, Bracknell Forest0.47 km · score 39
- 41 ha site near Crowthorne Primary substation, Wokingham1.35 km · score 27
- 27 ha site near Crowthorne Primary substation, Bracknell Forest1.19 km · score 25
- 38 ha site near Crowthorne Primary substation, Wokingham1.89 km · score 18
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.
- 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.