Powered land · Gateshead, England
5.64 ha brownfield site at MetroGreen - East, Handy Drive, Dunston, Gateshead
A brownfield site of 5.64 ha in Gateshead, England, on the brownfield land register as previously developed land. It lies 1.07 km from the Dunston substation (Northern Powergrid (Northeast) plc), which has 35.6 MVA of demand headroom and 27.3 MW for generation.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 5.64 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 | MetroGreen - East, Handy Drive, Dunston, Gateshead | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Undeveloped (not-permissioned) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner type | Mixed (mixed-ownership) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Register reference | HLH22 (planning authority Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Register entry | Brownfield site: MetroGreen - East, Handy Drive, Dunston, Gateshead | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Gateshead, England | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.9536, -1.6482 (the register's point for the site) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Dunston (1.07 km, register point to the substation's mapped point) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 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 | 35.6 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom at the substation | 27.3 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 |
| Water stress | Low (under 10%) (score 0.2 of 5, withdrawals 5.6% of renewable supply) | WRI Aqueduct 4.0 · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 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
#10 of 71 sites in Gateshead and #1,157 of 6,229 in the United Kingdom by site score. Larger than 44% of the sites in Gateshead. Closer to its substation than 42% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 5.64 ha | 0.2 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 1.07 km | 14 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 35.6 MVA | 35.6 | 40 |
| Site score | 50 | 100 |
How the site score works in the United Kingdom · Search sites in Gateshead
Nearby sites on the same substation
14 other sites have Dunston as nearest substation and would compete for its capacity.
- 45 ha site near Dunston substation, Gateshead0.01 km · score 77
- 20 ha brownfield site at MetroGreen - Dunston W, St Omers Rd, Dunston, Gateshead0.23 km · score 67
- 11 ha brownfield site at MetroGreen - Dunston SW, Wellington Rd, Dunston, Gateshead0.2 km · score 64
- 14 ha brownfield site at MetroGreen - Riverside West Central, Mandela Way, Dunston, Gateshead0.48 km · score 61
- 55 ha site near Dunston substation, Gateshead1.82 km · score 53
- 38 ha site near Dunston substation, Gateshead1.46 km · score 53
- 35 ha site near Dunston substation, Gateshead1.48 km · score 52
- 6.8 ha brownfield site at Clasper Village, Tyne Rd E, Redheugh, Gateshead0.95 km · score 52
- 27 ha site near Dunston substation, Gateshead1.7 km · score 47
- 1.22 ha brownfield site at Boulevard SW, St Bede's Dr, Gateshead1.46 km · score 44
- 7.21 ha brownfield site at MetroGreen - Derwent East Bank, Long Rigg, Swalwell, Gateshead1.55 km · score 43
- 1.39 ha brownfield site at Part of Dunston Hill Hosp, Whickham Highway, Whickham, Gateshead1.5 km · score 43
- Sites in Gateshead73
- Sites in the United Kingdom6,352
- Dunstonsubstation
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.
- 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.