Powered land · County Durham, England
28 ha site near Spennymoor 132/66kV substation, County Durham (INSPIRE polygon 26451397)
A candidate site of 27.9 ha in County Durham, England: one HM Land Registry INSPIRE title polygon. It touches the Spennymoor 132/66kV substation (Northern Powergrid (Northeast) plc), which has 81.5 MVA of demand headroom and none for generation: most such sites are the station's own land.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 27.9 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 | 26451397 (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 | 54.7019, -1.5505 (a point on the polygon) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Spennymoor 132/66kV (0 km, polygon edge to the substation's mapped point) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 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 |
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
Ranked apart: it touches its substation, and most sites that do are the station's own land. Its score would be 77.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 27.9 ha | 6.9 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 0 km | 30 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 81.5 MVA | 40 | 40 |
| Site score | 77 | 100 |
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Nearby sites on the same substation
6 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
- 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
- Sites in County Durham307
- Sites in the United Kingdom4,971
- Spennymoor 132/66kVsubstation
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.