Powered land · Buckinghamshire, England
40 ha brownfield site at Former Defence School Of Languages (Wilton Park)Minerva…, Buckinghamshire
A brownfield site of 40.1 ha in Buckinghamshire, England, on the brownfield land register as previously developed land. It lies 2.49 km from the Beaconsfield (End Busbars) Primary substation (Southern Electric Power Distribution plc), which has no demand headroom and 6.88 MW for generation.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 40.1 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 |
| Owner type | Private | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Planning permission | Granted | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Former Defence School Of Languages (Wilton Park)Minerva WayBeaconsfieldBuckinghamshire | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Register reference | 17/01763/OUT (planning authority Buckinghamshire Council) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Register entry | Brownfield site: Former Defence School Of Languages (Wilton Park)Minerva WayBeaconsfieldBuckinghamshire | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Green belt | London Green Belt (100% of the site, estimated from the register's point and area; Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government) | planning.data.gov.uk · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Ancient woodland | Ancient woodland (2.9% of the site, estimated from the register's point and area; Natural England) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Ancient woodland | PITLANDS WOOD (1.1% of the site, estimated from the register's point and area; Natural England) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Not designated | Article 4 direction, conservation area, National Landscape (AONB), national park, Ramsar wetland, registered park and garden, scheduled monument, Special Area of Conservation (Natura 2000), Special Protection Area (Natura 2000), Site of Special Scientific Interest, World Heritage Site buffer zone and World Heritage Site (checked against the published areas) | planning.data.gov.uk · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Buckinghamshire, England | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.6031, -0.6153 (the register's point for the site) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Beaconsfield (End Busbars) Primary (2.49 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 | 6.88 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 | None (green on the heat map) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Large generation within 10 km | 55 MW of waste-to-energy (1 plant 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 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
#116 of 130 sites in Buckinghamshire and #5,926 of 6,229 in the United Kingdom by site score. Larger than 47% of the sites in Buckinghamshire. Closer to its substation than 3% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 40.1 ha | 10.5 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 2.49 km | 0 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 0 MVA | 0 | 40 |
| Site score | 11 | 100 |
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Nearby sites on the same substation
2 other sites have Beaconsfield (End Busbars) Primary as nearest substation and would compete for its capacity.
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.
- 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.