Powered land · East Riding of Yorkshire, England
8.6 ha brownfield site at Land at Wolfreton Upper School, East Riding of Yorkshire
A brownfield site of 8.6 ha in East Riding of Yorkshire, England, on the brownfield land register as previously developed land. It lies 2.28 km from the Elgar Road substation (Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc), which has 6.94 MVA of demand headroom and 27.1 MW for generation.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 8.6 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 | Land at Wolfreton Upper School | 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 | 6 Apr 2017 (outline-planning-permission, issued by East Riding of Yorkshire Council) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner type | Public (owned-by-a-public-authority) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Register reference | 55 (planning authority East Riding of Yorkshire Council) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Register entry | Brownfield site: Land at Wolfreton Upper School | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | East Riding of Yorkshire, England | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.7476, -0.4451 (the register's point for the site) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Elgar Road (2.28 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 | 6.94 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom at the substation | 27.1 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
#304 of 310 sites in East Riding of Yorkshire and #6,043 of 6,229 in the United Kingdom by site score. Larger than 10% of the sites in East Riding of Yorkshire. Closer to its substation than 3% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 8.6 ha | 1.1 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 2.28 km | 0 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 6.94 MVA | 6.9 | 40 |
| Site score | 8 | 100 |
How the site score works in the United Kingdom · Search sites in East Riding of Yorkshire
Nearby sites on the same substation
4 other sites have Elgar Road as nearest substation and would compete for its capacity.
- 33 ha site near Elgar Road substation, East Riding of Yorkshire0.25 km · score 42
- 2.31 ha brownfield site at Hessle High School And Sixth Form College, Boothferry Road, East Riding of Yorkshire1.34 km · score 17
- 3.83 ha brownfield site at Land at Wolfreton Upper School, Kirk Ella, East Riding of Yorkshire2.38 km · score 7
- 3.36 ha brownfield site at Hessle Dock Livingston Road, East Riding of Yorkshire2.17 km · score 7
- Sites in East Riding of Yorkshire314
- Sites in the United Kingdom6,352
- Elgar Roadsubstation
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.