Powered land · Doncaster, England
17 ha brownfield site at Former Yorkshire Main Colliery Tip Site, Lords Head Lane, Warmsworth, Doncaster
A brownfield site of 17 ha in Doncaster, England, on the brownfield land register as previously developed land. It lies 0.79 km from the Edlington substation (Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc), which has 10.6 MVA of demand headroom and none for generation.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 17 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 Yorkshire Main Colliery Tip Site, Lords Head Lane, Warmsworth, Doncaster, DN4 9LP | 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 | 30 Mar 2022 (reserved-matters-approval, issued by Doncaster Metropolitan Borough 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 | EDL03 (planning authority Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Register entry | Brownfield site: Former Yorkshire Main Colliery Tip Site, Lords Head Lane, Warmsworth, Doncaster, DN4 9LP | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Doncaster, England | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.4891, -1.1737 (the register's point for the site) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Edlington (0.79 km, register point to the substation's mapped point) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 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 (Yorkshire) plc | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 10.6 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 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
#31 of 57 sites in Doncaster and #3,522 of 6,229 in the United Kingdom by site score. Larger than 16% of the sites in Doncaster. Closer to its substation than 79% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 17 ha | 3.6 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 0.79 km | 18.2 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 10.6 MVA | 10.6 | 40 |
| Site score | 32 | 100 |
How the site score works in the United Kingdom · Search sites in Doncaster
Nearby sites on the same substation
21 other sites have Edlington as nearest substation and would compete for its capacity.
- 117 ha site near Edlington substation, Doncaster0.44 km · score 64
- 45 ha site near Edlington substation, Doncaster (INSPIRE polygon 53716688)0.48 km · score 45
- 126 ha site near Edlington substation, Doncaster1.82 km · score 43
- 123 ha site near Edlington substation, Doncaster1.92 km · score 42
- 29 ha site near Edlington substation, Doncaster (INSPIRE polygon 28982914)0.69 km · score 37
- 45 ha site near Edlington substation, Doncaster (INSPIRE polygon 29023777)1.13 km · score 36
- 44 ha site near Edlington substation, Doncaster1.11 km · score 36
- 29 ha site near Edlington substation, Doncaster (INSPIRE polygon 29147841)0.93 km · score 34
- 37 ha site near Edlington substation, Doncaster1.14 km · score 33
- 34 ha site near Edlington substation, Doncaster (INSPIRE polygon 28974199)1.09 km · score 33
- 18 ha brownfield site at Site At Former Yorkshire Main Colliery, Broomhouse Lane, Balby, Doncaster0.8 km · score 32
- 29 ha site near Edlington substation, Doncaster (INSPIRE polygon 44511022)1.3 km · score 28
- Sites in Doncaster57
- Sites in the United Kingdom6,352
- Edlingtonsubstation
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.