Powered land · Newcastle upon Tyne, England
304 ha site near Killingworth substation, Newcastle upon Tyne
A candidate site of 304 ha in Newcastle upon Tyne, England: one HM Land Registry INSPIRE title polygon. It lies 0.52 km from the Killingworth substation (Northern Powergrid (Northeast) plc), which has 8.83 MVA of demand headroom and 15.9 MW for generation.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 304 ha (the area of its INSPIRE polygon, the indicative extent of a registered title) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| INSPIRE polygon | 57908056 (its id in the HM Land Registry INSPIRE Index Polygons) | HM Land Registry INSPIRE Index Polygons · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Green belt | Tyne and Wear Green Belt (99.9% of the site; Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government) | planning.data.gov.uk · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | Gosforth Park SSSI (12.3% of the site; Natural England) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Not designated | ancient woodland, Article 4 direction, conservation area, National Landscape (AONB), national park, Ramsar wetland, registered park and garden, scheduled monument, Special Area of Conservation (Natura 2000), Special Protection Area (Natura 2000), World Heritage Site buffer zone and World Heritage Site (checked against the published areas) | planning.data.gov.uk · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Newcastle upon Tyne, England | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.0332, -1.6044 (a point on the polygon) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Killingworth (0.52 km, polygon edge to the substation's mapped point) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 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 | 8.83 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom at the substation | 15.9 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 | Full (red 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 polygon shows where the title lies, not its legal extent: HM Land Registry notes that the extent of a title can only be established from the title plan.
How it compares
#8 of 62 sites in Newcastle upon Tyne and #383 of 6,229 in the United Kingdom by site score. Larger than 97% of the sites in Newcastle upon Tyne. Closer to its substation than 67% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 304 ha | 30 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 0.52 km | 22.2 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 8.83 MVA | 8.8 | 40 |
| Site score | 61 | 100 |
How the site score works in the United Kingdom · Search sites in Newcastle upon Tyne
Nearby sites on the same substation
7 other sites have Killingworth as nearest substation and would compete for its capacity.
- 99 ha site near Killingworth substation, North Tyneside1.7 km · score 42
- 11 ha brownfield site at Harvey Combe, Station Road Industrial Estate, Killingworth, North Tyneside0.21 km · score 37
- 7.3 ha brownfield site at Stephenson Industrial Estate West, North Tyneside0.35 km · score 34
- 57 ha site near Killingworth substation, North Tyneside1.54 km · score 31
- 4.88 ha brownfield site at Stephenson Industrial Estate East, North Tyneside0.56 km · score 30
- 39 ha site near Killingworth substation, North Tyneside1.49 km · score 27
- 1.94 ha brownfield site at Grieves Row, Dudley, North Tyneside2.91 km · score 9
- Sites in Newcastle upon Tyne64
- Sites in the United Kingdom6,352
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Data on this page
- This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. HM Land Registry INSPIRE Index Polygons, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.