Powered land · County Durham, England
10 ha brownfield site at Former DCMA and Land at Mainsforth Ind Est, County Durham
A brownfield site of 10.3 ha in County Durham, England, on the brownfield land register as previously developed land. It lies 3.42 km from the Spennymoor 132/66kV substation (Northern Powergrid (Northeast) plc), which has 81.5 MVA of demand headroom and none for generation.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 10.3 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 | Former DCMA and Land at Mainsforth Ind Est | 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 |
| Permit date | 23 May 2012 (full-planning-permission, issued by Durham County Council) | 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 | 7/FH/089a (planning authority Durham County Council) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Register entry | Brownfield site: Former DCMA and Land at Mainsforth Ind Est | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | County Durham, England | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.6786, -1.5267 (the register's point for the site) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Spennymoor 132/66kV (3.42 km, register point to the substation's mapped point) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Substation voltage | 66 kV | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Substation operator | Northern Powergrid (Northeast) plc | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 81.5 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom at the substation | 0 MW | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (offtake) at the substation | None (green on the heat map) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (feed-in) at the substation | None (green on the heat map) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Water stress | Low (under 10%) (score 0.2 of 5, withdrawals 5.6% 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
#155 of 323 sites in County Durham and #2,043 of 6,229 in the United Kingdom by site score. Larger than 5% of the sites in County Durham. Closer to its substation than 1% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 10.3 ha | 1.6 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 3.42 km | 0 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 81.5 MVA | 40 | 40 |
| Site score | 42 | 100 |
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Nearby sites on the same substation
8 other sites have Spennymoor 132/66kV as nearest substation and would compete for its capacity.
- 53 ha site near Spennymoor 132/66kV substation, County Durham0.28 km · score 80
- 42 ha site near Spennymoor 132/66kV substation, County Durham0.05 km · score 80
- 54 ha site near Spennymoor 132/66kV substation, County Durham0.49 km · score 77
- 28 ha site near Spennymoor 132/66kV substation, County Durham (INSPIRE polygon 26451397)0 km · score 77
- 50 ha site near Spennymoor 132/66kV substation, County Durham0.71 km · score 73
- 73 ha site near Spennymoor 132/66kV substation, County Durham1.99 km · score 61
- 28 ha site near Spennymoor 132/66kV substation, County Durham (INSPIRE polygon 55569652)1.67 km · score 52
- 1.2 ha brownfield site at Land East of Croft Gardens (Neecol site), County Durham3.13 km · score 40
- Sites in County Durham330
- Sites in the United Kingdom6,352
- Spennymoor 132/66kVsubstation
Data on this page
- Supported by National Energy SO Open Data. NESO GIS boundaries for GB DNO licence areas, NESO Open Data Licence.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.