Powered land · Bracknell Forest, England
1.89 ha brownfield site at Wyevale Garden Centre Forest Road Binfield, Bracknell Forest
A brownfield site of 1.89 ha in Bracknell Forest, England, on the brownfield land register as previously developed land. It lies 1.75 km from the Warfield Primary substation (Southern Electric Power Distribution plc), which has 5.75 MVA of demand headroom and none for generation.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 1.89 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 | Wyevale Garden Centre Forest Road Binfield | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (pending-decision) | 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 10 SHELAA BIN4 (planning authority Bracknell Forest Council) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Register entry | Brownfield site: Wyevale Garden Centre Forest Road Binfield | 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 | 51.4343, -0.7756 (the register's point for the site) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Warfield Primary (1.75 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 | 5.75 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
#46 of 48 sites in Bracknell Forest and #5,990 of 6,229 in the United Kingdom by site score. Larger than 16% of the sites in Bracknell Forest. Closer to its substation than 20% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 1.89 ha | 0 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 1.75 km | 3.8 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 5.75 MVA | 5.8 | 40 |
| Site score | 10 | 100 |
How the site score works in the United Kingdom · Search sites in Bracknell Forest
Nearby sites on the same substation
11 other sites have Warfield Primary as nearest substation and would compete for its capacity.
- 32 ha site near Warfield Primary substation, Bracknell Forest (INSPIRE polygon 31670455)0.22 km · score 41
- 28 ha site near Warfield Primary substation, Bracknell Forest (INSPIRE polygon 31730245)0.62 km · score 33
- 32 ha site near Warfield Primary substation, Bracknell Forest (INSPIRE polygon 31875926)0.82 km · score 32
- 60 ha site near Warfield Primary substation, Bracknell Forest1.4 km · score 31
- 35 ha site near Warfield Primary substation, Bracknell Forest1.01 km · score 30
- 30 ha site near Warfield Primary substation, Bracknell Forest (INSPIRE polygon 31668928)1.34 km · score 23
- 37 ha site near Warfield Primary substation, Bracknell Forest1.74 km · score 19
- 28 ha site near Warfield Primary substation, Bracknell Forest (INSPIRE polygon 31654054)1.6 km · score 19
- 30 ha site near Warfield Primary substation, Bracknell Forest (INSPIRE polygon 61640389)1.81 km · score 16
- 29 ha site near Warfield Primary substation, Bracknell Forest1.78 km · score 16
- 3.5 ha brownfield site at Winkfield Park (Brockhill House), Winkfield Row, Bracknell Forest2.51 km · score 6
- Sites in Bracknell Forest49
- Sites in the United Kingdom6,352
- Warfield Primarysubstation
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.