Powered land · New Forest, England
49 ha brownfield site at Site of the Former Fawley Power Station, Fawley, New Forest
A brownfield site of 49 ha in New Forest, England, on the brownfield land register as previously developed land. It lies 2.41 km from the Langley BSP substation (Southern Electric Power Distribution plc), which has 16.5 MVA of demand headroom and none for generation.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 49 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 | Site of the Former Fawley Power Station, Fawley | 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 | Private (not-owned-by-a-public-authority) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Register reference | BLR_Fawl_002 (planning authority New Forest District Council) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Register entry | Brownfield site: Site of the Former Fawley Power Station, Fawley | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | New Forest, England | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.8197, -1.3293 (the register's point for the site) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Langley BSP (2.41 km, register point to the substation's mapped point) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Substation voltage | 132 kV (levels 132, 33 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 | 16.5 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 |
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
#86 of 121 sites in New Forest and #3,753 of 6,229 in the United Kingdom by site score. Larger than 30% of the sites in New Forest. Closer to its substation than 2% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 49 ha | 13.2 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 2.41 km | 0 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 16.5 MVA | 16.5 | 40 |
| Site score | 30 | 100 |
How the site score works in the United Kingdom · Search sites in New Forest
Nearby sites on the same substation
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- 89 ha site near Langley BSP substation, New Forest0.91 km · score 58
- 187 ha site near Langley BSP substation, New Forest1.62 km · score 52
- 76 ha site near Langley BSP substation, New Forest1.32 km · score 48
- 143 ha site near Langley BSP substation, New Forest1.99 km · score 47
- 33 ha site near Langley BSP substation, New Forest0.51 km · score 47
- 70 ha site near Langley BSP substation, New Forest1.56 km · score 43
- 59 ha site near Langley BSP substation, New Forest1.61 km · score 39
- 41 ha site near Langley BSP substation, New Forest1.9 km · score 29
- 35 ha site near Langley BSP substation, New Forest1.89 km · score 27
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- Langley BSPsubstation
Data on this page
- Supported by National Energy SO Open Data. NESO GIS boundaries for GB DNO licence areas, NESO Open Data Licence.
- 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.