Powered land · Middlesbrough, England
8.21 ha brownfield site at Keith Road/The Vale, Grove Hill (Hillside Gardens), Middlesbrough
A brownfield site of 8.21 ha in Middlesbrough, England, on the brownfield land register as previously developed land. It lies 1.9 km from the Prissick substation (Northern Powergrid (Northeast) plc), which has 2.3 MVA of demand headroom and 29.3 MW for generation.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 8.21 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 | Keith Road/The Vale, Grove Hill (Hillside Gardens) | 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 | 26 Apr 2021 (full-planning-permission, issued by Middlesbrough 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 | BR48 (planning authority Middlesbrough Borough Council) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Register entry | Brownfield site: Keith Road/The Vale, Grove Hill (Hillside Gardens) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Middlesbrough, England | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.5546, -1.2303 (the register's point for the site) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Prissick (1.9 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 (Northeast) plc | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 2.3 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom at the substation | 29.3 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
#13 of 15 sites in Middlesbrough and #6,123 of 6,229 in the United Kingdom by site score. Larger than 47% of the sites in Middlesbrough. Closer to its substation than 33% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 8.21 ha | 1 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 1.9 km | 1.5 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 2.3 MVA | 2.3 | 40 |
| Site score | 5 | 100 |
How the site score works in the United Kingdom · Search sites in Middlesbrough
Nearby sites on the same substation
12 other sites have Prissick as nearest substation and would compete for its capacity.
- 45 ha site near Prissick substation, Middlesbrough0.21 km · score 41
- 61 ha site near Prissick substation, Middlesbrough0.69 km · score 39
- 34 ha site near Prissick substation, Middlesbrough0.17 km · score 39
- 119 ha site near Prissick substation, Middlesbrough1.85 km · score 35
- 68 ha site near Prissick substation, Redcar and Cleveland1.07 km · score 35
- 44 ha site near Prissick substation, Middlesbrough0.89 km · score 31
- 36 ha site near Prissick substation, Redcar and Cleveland1.62 km · score 17
- 6.08 ha brownfield site at Orchid Gardens@Ladgate Woods, Ladgate Lane, Middlesbrough1.07 km · score 17
- 33 ha site near Prissick substation, Middlesbrough1.89 km · score 12
- 1.35 ha brownfield site at Pinewood Avenue, Grove Hill (Hillside Gardens), Middlesbrough1.72 km · score 7
- 6.05 ha brownfield site at The Avenue (Former St David's School), Acklam, Middlesbrough2.46 km · score 3
- 4.72 ha brownfield site at Sporting Lodge, Low Lane, Stainton, Middlesbrough3.87 km · score 2
- Sites in Middlesbrough15
- Sites in the United Kingdom6,352
- Prissicksubstation
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.