Powered land · Dorset, England
66 ha site near Wimborne Primary substation, Dorset
A candidate site of 65.7 ha in Dorset, England: one HM Land Registry INSPIRE title polygon. It lies 1.43 km from the Wimborne Primary substation (Southern Electric Power Distribution plc), which has 2.17 MVA of demand headroom and none for generation.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 65.7 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 | 58179895 (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 | Dorset, England | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.8127, -1.9897 (a point on the polygon) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Wimborne Primary (1.43 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 | 2.17 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 |
| Water stress | Low to medium (10–20%) (score 1.2 of 5, withdrawals 11.8% of renewable supply) | WRI Aqueduct 4.0 · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 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
#308 of 419 sites in Dorset and #3,859 of 6,229 in the United Kingdom by site score. Larger than 58% of the sites in Dorset. Closer to its substation than 40% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 65.7 ha | 18.2 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 1.43 km | 8.6 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 2.17 MVA | 2.2 | 40 |
| Site score | 29 | 100 |
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Nearby sites on the same substation
15 other sites have Wimborne Primary as nearest substation and would compete for its capacity.
- 65 ha site near Wimborne Primary substation, Dorset0.61 km · score 41
- 176 ha site near Wimborne Primary substation, Dorset1.74 km · score 36
- 114 ha site near Wimborne Primary substation, Dorset1.86 km · score 34
- 69 ha site near Wimborne Primary substation, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole1.5 km · score 29
- 64 ha site near Wimborne Primary substation, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole1.36 km · score 29
- 1.81 ha brownfield site at Northern Portion Flight Refuelling Site, Dorset0.21 km · score 29
- 28 ha site near Wimborne Primary substation, Dorset0.92 km · score 25
- 30 ha site near Wimborne Primary substation, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole1.07 km · score 24
- 31 ha site near Wimborne Primary substation, Dorset1.14 km · score 23
- 37 ha site near Wimborne Primary substation, Dorset1.59 km · score 18
- 29 ha site near Wimborne Primary substation, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole1.89 km · score 11
- 1.94 ha brownfield site at Stone Lane Industrial Estate, Dorset1.69 km · score 7
- Sites in Dorset427
- Sites in the United Kingdom6,352
- Wimborne 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.
- 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.