Powered land · County Durham, England
36 ha site near Houghton substation, County Durham
A candidate site of 35.5 ha in County Durham, England: one HM Land Registry INSPIRE title polygon. It lies 1.96 km from the Houghton substation (Northern Powergrid (Northeast) plc), which has 7.27 MVA of demand headroom and none for generation.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 35.5 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 | 26733545 (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 | County Durham, England | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.8539, -1.5254 (a point on the polygon) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Houghton (1.96 km, polygon edge to the substation's mapped point) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Substation voltage | 11 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 | 7.27 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 | Limited (amber on the heat map) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · 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
#300 of 300 sites in County Durham and #4,618 of 4,848 in the United Kingdom by site score. Larger than 23% of the sites in County Durham. Closer to its substation than 4% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 35.5 ha | 9.2 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 1.96 km | 0.6 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 7.27 MVA | 7.3 | 40 |
| Site score | 17 | 100 |
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Nearby sites on the same substation
18 other sites have Houghton as nearest substation and would compete for its capacity.
- 196 ha site near Houghton substation, Sunderland (INSPIRE polygon 54596314)1.83 km · score 40
- 196 ha site near Houghton substation, Sunderland (INSPIRE polygon 55463743)1.83 km · score 40
- 51 ha site near Houghton substation, Sunderland0.73 km · score 40
- 50 ha site near Houghton substation, Sunderland (INSPIRE polygon 54596151)0.95 km · score 37
- 47 ha site near Houghton substation, Sunderland (INSPIRE polygon 54596127)0.83 km · score 37
- 98 ha site near Houghton substation, Sunderland1.92 km · score 36
- 40 ha site near Houghton substation, Sunderland0.83 km · score 35
- 49 ha site near Houghton substation, Sunderland1.1 km · score 34
- 47 ha site near Houghton substation, Sunderland (INSPIRE polygon 59110491)1.19 km · score 32
- 69 ha site near Houghton substation, Sunderland1.72 km · score 31
- 48 ha site near Houghton substation, Sunderland1.25 km · score 31
- 30 ha site near Houghton substation, Sunderland1.04 km · score 29
- Sites in County Durham307
- Sites in the United Kingdom4,971
- Houghtonsubstation
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.
- 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.
- Rare Context. Rare Context powered-land sites, ODbL 1.0.