Powered land · Cotswold, England
430 ha site near Fairford Primary substation, Cotswold
A candidate site of 430 ha in Cotswold, England: one HM Land Registry INSPIRE title polygon. It lies 1.51 km from the Fairford Primary substation (Southern Electric Power Distribution plc), which has 5.66 MVA of demand headroom and none for generation.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 430 ha (the area of its INSPIRE polygon, the indicative extent of a registered title) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| INSPIRE polygon | 54568607 (its id in the HM Land Registry INSPIRE Index Polygons) | HM Land Registry INSPIRE Index Polygons · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Cotswold, England | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.6855, -1.7837 (a point on the polygon) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Fairford Primary (1.51 km, polygon edge to the substation's mapped point) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 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 | 5.66 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 |
The polygon shows where the title lies, not its legal extent: HM Land Registry notes that the extent of a title can only be established from the title plan.
How it compares
#47 of 120 sites in Cotswold and #1,672 of 4,848 in the United Kingdom by site score. Larger than 98% of the sites in Cotswold. Closer to its substation than 39% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 430 ha | 30 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 1.51 km | 7.4 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 5.66 MVA | 5.7 | 40 |
| Site score | 43 | 100 |
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Nearby sites on the same substation
17 other sites have Fairford Primary as nearest substation and would compete for its capacity.
- 183 ha site near Fairford Primary substation, Cotswold0.1 km · score 64
- 132 ha site near Fairford Primary substation, Cotswold0.81 km · score 54
- 59 ha site near Fairford Primary substation, Cotswold0 km · score 52
- 82 ha site near Fairford Primary substation, Cotswold0.78 km · score 47
- 126 ha site near Fairford Primary substation, Cotswold1.42 km · score 44
- 45 ha site near Fairford Primary substation, Cotswold (INSPIRE polygon 56555368)0.36 km · score 42
- 73 ha site near Fairford Primary substation, Cotswold1.09 km · score 40
- 217 ha site near Fairford Primary substation, Cotswold1.87 km · score 38
- 53 ha site near Fairford Primary substation, Cotswold0.96 km · score 36
- 28 ha site near Fairford Primary substation, Cotswold0.42 km · score 36
- 45 ha site near Fairford Primary substation, Cotswold (INSPIRE polygon 25136311)1.12 km · score 31
- 72 ha site near Fairford Primary substation, Cotswold1.7 km · score 30
- Sites in Cotswold122
- Sites in the United Kingdom4,971
- Fairford Primarysubstation
Data on this page
- This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. HM Land Registry INSPIRE Index Polygons, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
- Rare Context. Rare Context powered-land sites, ODbL 1.0.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.