Powered land · Leeds, England
25 ha brownfield site at High Royds Bradford Road Menston, Leeds
A brownfield site of 24.6 ha in Leeds, England, on the brownfield land register as previously developed land. It lies 0.58 km from the Menston substation (Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc), which has 65.7 MVA of demand headroom and 104 MW for generation.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 24.6 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 | High Royds Bradford Road Menston | 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 | 8 Aug 2017 (full-planning-permission, issued by Leeds City 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 | SHL00318 (planning authority Leeds City Council) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Register entry | Brownfield site: High Royds Bradford Road Menston | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Leeds, England | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.8824, -1.7340 (the register's point for the site) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Menston (0.58 km, register point to the substation's mapped point) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Substation voltage | 33 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 | 65.7 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom at the substation | 104 MW | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (offtake) at the substation | Limited (amber 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 | Limited (amber 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
#7 of 292 sites in Leeds and #190 of 6,229 in the United Kingdom by site score. Larger than 47% of the sites in Leeds. Closer to its substation than 71% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 24.6 ha | 5.9 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 0.58 km | 21.3 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 65.7 MVA | 40 | 40 |
| Site score | 67 | 100 |
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Nearby sites on the same substation
6 other sites have Menston as nearest substation and would compete for its capacity.
- 119 ha site near Menston substation, Leeds0.75 km · score 89
- 54 ha site near Menston substation, Leeds0 km · score 85
- 31 ha site near Menston substation, Leeds0.8 km · score 66
- 75 ha site near Menston substation, Leeds1.83 km · score 64
- 43 ha site near Menston substation, Leeds1.83 km · score 54
- 27 ha site near Menston substation, Bradford1.54 km · score 54
- Sites in Leeds295
- Sites in the United Kingdom6,352
- Menstonsubstation
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.