Powered land · Buckinghamshire, England
1.92 ha brownfield site at Abbots Lea, Nightingales Lane, Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire
A brownfield site of 1.92 ha in Buckinghamshire, England, on the brownfield land register as previously developed land. It lies 1.05 km from the Cokes Lane Primary substation (Southern Electric Power Distribution plc), which has 0 MVA of demand headroom and 13.2 MW for generation.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 1.92 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 | Abbots Lea, Nightingales Lane, Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire HP8 4SN | 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 |
| 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 | PL/21/4858/FA (planning authority Buckinghamshire Council) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Register entry | Brownfield site: Abbots Lea, Nightingales Lane, Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire HP8 4SN | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Buckinghamshire, England | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.6585, -0.5612 (the register's point for the site) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Cokes Lane Primary (1.05 km, register point to the substation's mapped point) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Substation voltage | 22 kV (levels 22, 6.6 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 | 0 MVA | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom at the substation | 13.2 MW | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (offtake) 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 |
| Congestion (feed-in) at the substation | Limited (amber on the heat map, limited by 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
#111 of 130 sites in Buckinghamshire and #5,797 of 6,229 in the United Kingdom by site score. Larger than 6% of the sites in Buckinghamshire. Closer to its substation than 68% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 1.92 ha | 0 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 1.05 km | 14.3 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 0 MVA | 0 | 40 |
| Site score | 14 | 100 |
How the site score works in the United Kingdom · Search sites in Buckinghamshire
Nearby sites on the same substation
13 other sites have Cokes Lane Primary as nearest substation and would compete for its capacity.
- 55 ha site near Cokes Lane Primary substation, Buckinghamshire0.56 km · score 37
- 48 ha site near Cokes Lane Primary substation, Buckinghamshire0.63 km · score 34
- 163 ha site near Cokes Lane Primary substation, Buckinghamshire1.92 km · score 31
- 69 ha site near Cokes Lane Primary substation, Buckinghamshire1.3 km · score 30
- 83 ha site near Cokes Lane Primary substation, Buckinghamshire1.69 km · score 28
- 88 ha site near Cokes Lane Primary substation, Buckinghamshire1.9 km · score 26
- 37 ha site near Cokes Lane Primary substation, Buckinghamshire0.91 km · score 26
- 47 ha site near Cokes Lane Primary substation, Buckinghamshire1.16 km · score 25
- 28 ha site near Cokes Lane Primary substation, Buckinghamshire0.85 km · score 24
- 29 ha brownfield site at Land Between Lodge Lane and Burtons Lane, Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire0.96 km · score 23
- 50 ha site near Cokes Lane Primary substation, Buckinghamshire1.66 km · score 19
- 40 ha site near Cokes Lane Primary substation, Buckinghamshire1.64 km · score 16
- Sites in Buckinghamshire131
- Sites in the United Kingdom6,352
- Cokes Lane 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.